Add script for individual package comparisons

README.md

@@ -86,3 +86,8 @@ A couple support scripts are also in the repository:
 10 2 * * *  root  find /opt/repocompare_results/ -iname "*.html" -type f -mtime +7 -exec rm -f {} \;
 ```
 (things might be cleaned up, to make results location more flexible)
+
+## Manual Comparisons
+The repocompare output generally includes false positives and might require further scrutiny to determine which packages actually need updates.
+
+Please see the [documentation](https://testing.rocky.page/) for an overview of the process.

manual_compare.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Script to do "manual" repocompare of a single package.
+# This script must run on a RHEL 8 box with a valid entitlement.
+
+# Usage:
+#     ./repocompare.sh [version] [repo] [package]
+#
+# Examples:
+#     ./repocompare.sh 9 BaseOS grub2
+#     ./repocompare.sh 8 AppStream ansible-core
+
+version="$1"
+repo="$2" # BaseOS, AppStream, CodeReady, ResilientStorage, HighAvailability
+package="$3"
+
+# TODO only if /etc/yum.repos.d/rocky_repocompare.repo is more than 4 hours old
+./mkrepofile.sh
+
+for distro in "Rocky" "RHEL"; do
+  dnf download --refresh --source --repo ${distro}${version}_${repo}_Source ${package}
+done
+
+find ./ -name "$package*" -exec sh -c "rpm -qp --qf '%-18{DISTRIBUTION} %{NAME} %{VERSION} %{RELEASE} ' {} && rpm -qp --changelog {} | head -n 1" \;