Patch Verification

jfvanmeter · 10-21-2005, 01:50 AM

I would like to verify the patch level of all the libs, What is the best way to verify patch level on different Linux systems?

Thanks
Take Care and Have Fun --John

unSpawn · 10-24-2005, 12:47 PM

If you do "rpm -q --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\n" -g "Development/Libraries"" on an RHEL/RHL/FC/SuSE(?) box you'd get all installed libraries version+release tags. If you're looking for specific *patch* tags then you would have to rely on a string in the changelog for example: "rpm -q --changelog vim-minimal | grep patch | head -1". And unless you check /usr/src/doc/.*/Changelogs I can't think of any other ways to find a specific patch info.