From c032fbb9074e1dc459735d068292cd55107f970e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Al Bowles <bowlesalx@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:57:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add script for individual package comparisons

---
 README.md         | 17 +++++++++++------
 manual_compare.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 manual_compare.sh

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eaf1702..f1136ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ These scripts can be called against any repositories, but are designed to compar
 
 ## QuickStart:
 
-How to get a friendly HTML menu comparison of RHEL vs. Rocky (like the one published on https://repocompare.rockylinux.org ):  
+How to get a friendly HTML menu comparison of RHEL vs. Rocky (like the one published on https://repocompare.rockylinux.org ):
 
 1. Have a subscribed Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or 9 machine you are running this on, with root access.
 2. Clone or copy this repository on to the subscribed machine.
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ How to get a friendly HTML menu comparison of RHEL vs. Rocky (like the one publi
 
 ## Base repocompare script:
 
-The base script is **repo_compare_html.sh**, and takes a source repo and destination repo as arguments:  
-  
+The base script is **repo_compare_html.sh**, and takes a source repo and destination repo as arguments:
+
 ```./repo_compare_html.sh  RepoA   RepoB  >  output.html```
 
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ WARNING:  As with the above script, the order of the arguments absolutely matter
 
 ## Running Comparisons Across Entire Distro
 
-Some support scripts and HTML templates have been included 
+Some support scripts and HTML templates have been included
 A couple support scripts are also in the repository:
 
 **mkrepofile.sh :** Create repo files for Rocky and duplicate ones with friendly names for the RHEL repos (and extract+place subscription entitlement info from RHEL, which rotates regularly)
@@ -76,13 +76,18 @@ A couple support scripts are also in the repository:
 **repo_compare_launcher.sh :** Run all combinations of repocompare RHEL <---> Rocky. Compares 8 and 9 production, staging, source, modules, RHEL Beta, etc.
 
 
-## Sample Cron:  
+## Sample Cron:
 
 ```
-# Run full repocompare script every 4 hours 
+# Run full repocompare script every 4 hours
 5 */4 * * *  root  /opt/repocompare/repo_compare_launcher.sh;   rsync -av --delete /opt/repocompare_results/   /var/www/html/repocompare_results/
 
 # Delete HTML repocompare pages more than 10 days old:
 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.
diff --git a/manual_compare.sh b/manual_compare.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..450af8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/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" \;
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