Obtain kernel related errata for RHEL6 from RHN

rhn_get_kernel_errata.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# Obtain kernel related errata for RHEL6 from RHN.
# This depends on rhnapi (https://github.com/lanky/python-rhnapi).

import sys
import re
import rhnapi
from pprint import pprint
from rhnapi import channel
from rhnapi import errata

arch = "x86_64"
name = "kernel"

server = "rhn.redhat.com"
#user = "XXXXX"
#password = "XXXXX"
#rhn = rhnapi.rhnSession(url=server, rhnlogin=user, rhnpassword=password)
rhn = rhnapi.rhnSession(url=server)
errata_list = channel.listErrata(rhn, 'rhel-x86_64-server-6')
for erratum in errata_list:
	if not re.compile('.*kernel').match(erratum['errata_synopsis']):
		continue

	packages = errata.listPackages(rhn, erratum['errata_advisory'])
	packages.sort(lambda x, y: cmp(x['package_file'], y['package_file']))
	for package in packages:
		if package['package_arch_label'] != arch: continue
		if package['package_name'] != name: continue
		version = "%s-%s" % (package['package_version'], package['package_release'])

	print "<%s / %s / %s>" % (erratum['errata_advisory'], erratum['errata_synopsis'], version)

	detail = errata.getDetails(rhn, erratum['errata_advisory'])
	print "=== %s ===" % detail['errata_topic'].strip()
	print
	print detail['errata_description'].encode('utf-8')

	print
	print "related bugzilla:"
	bz_list = errata.bugzillaFixes(rhn, erratum['errata_advisory'])
	for bzid in sorted(bz_list.keys()):
		print "   %s\t%s" % (bzid, bz_list[bzid])

	print
	print