9. piw-add

The piw-add script is used to manually add new packages (and versions of packages) to the system. This script must be run on the same node as the piw-master script.

9.1. Synopsis

piw-add [-h] [--version] [-c FILE] [-q] [-v] [-l FILE] [-y] [-s REASON]
             [--unskip] [-d TEXT] [-a NAME] [-r TIMESTAMP] [--yank]
             [--unyank] [--import-queue ADDR]
             package [version]

9.2. Description

package

The name of the package to add

version

The version of the package to add; if omitted, adds the package only

-h, --help

Show this help message and exit

--version

Show program’s version number and exit

-c FILE, --configuration FILE

Specify a configuration file to load

-q, --quiet

Produce less console output

-v, --verbose

Produce more console output

-l FILE, --log-file FILE

Log messages to the specified file

-y, --yes

Run non-interactively; never prompt during operation

-s REASON, --skip REASON

Mark the package or version with a skip reason to prevent build attempts

--unskip

Remove a skip reason for the package or version to enable build attempts

-d TEXT, --description TEXT

The package description; defaults to retrieving the description from PyPI

-a ALIAS, --alias ALIAS

Any package aliases to use; may be specified multiple times

-r TIMESTAMP, --released TIMESTAMP

The version’s release date (can only be provided for a new version, cannot be updated); defaults to now

--yank

Mark the version as yanked (can only be applied to a new version - use piw-remove to yank a known version

--unyank

Mark a known version as not yanked

--import-queue ADDR

The address of the queue used by piw-add (default: (ipc:///tmp/piw-import); this should always be an ipc address

9.3. Usage

This utility is intended to permit administrators to tweak the content of the database to correct issues that arise from either incorrect scraping of the PyPI history, inadvertent mistakes made with piw-remove, or other inconsistencies found in the database.

The utility can be run in a batch mode with --yes but still requires invoking once per addition required (you cannot define multiple packages or versions in a single invocation).

The return code will be 0 if the package (or version) was successfully added to the database. If anything fails, the return code will be non-zero and the database should remain unchanged.

The utility should only ever be run directly on the master node (opening the import queue to other machines is a potential security risk).