From: "@(remove)yahoo.it" <" rff_rff\""@...>
Date: 2004-08-31T20:05:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for system administration

Martin DeMello ha scritto:

> I was talking to a sysadmin friend, who was shopping around for a
> scripting language. Naturally, I suggested ruby, and we spent a few
> minutes exploring its features, but it failed his crucial requirement -
> an interface to the package manager that shipped by default with the
> system ruby distribution. i.e., ruby on RedHatshould come with a ruby
> interface to the rpm db, etc.
> 
> It seemed like a very sensible idea to me - what do people think?

I never had the need for this, but I think a nice binding to rpmlib 
could be useful to many people.
Maybe [1] can be revived or it still works. For non rpm-based distro/OSs 
The thing could be easier or harder, who knows :)

[1]http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-rpm/