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34.4. Method: comparePackageProfile

Description

Compare a system's packages against a package profile. In the result returned, this_system represents the server provided as an input and other_system represents the profile provided as an input.

Parameters

The following parameters are available for this method:

  • string sessionKey
  • int serverId
  • string profileLabel
Returns

The following return values are available for this method:

  • array:
    • struct - Package Metadata
      • int package_name_id
      • string package_name
      • string package_arch
      • string this_system - Version of package on this system
      • string other_system - Version of package on the other system
      • int comparison
        • 0 - No difference
        • 1 - Package on this system only
        • 2 - Newer package version on this system
        • 3 - Package on other system only
        • 4 - Newer package version on other system