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10.8. create

Name
create
Description
Creates a software channel
Available since: 10.9
Parameters
  • string sessionKey
  • string label - label of the new channel
  • string name - name of the new channel
  • string summary - summary of the channel
  • string archLabel - the label of the architecture the channel corresponds to, see channel.software.listArches API for complete listing
  • string parentLabel - label of the parent of this channel, an empty string if it does not have one
  • string checksumType - checksum type for this channel, used for yum repository metadata generation
    • sha1 - Offers widest compatibility with clients
    • sha256 - Offers highest security, but is compatible only with newer clients: Fedora 11 and newer, or Enterprise Linux 6 and newer.
Return Value
  • int - 1 if the creation operation succeeded, 0 otherwise