On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 06:00:45 -0500, madera@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<madera@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I recently created a very simple simple utility to get information on RPM
> packages .
>
> You pass a package file name and (it doesn't even read the package, just the
> package file name) it tells you the name, the version, release and
> architecture. It also compares two package names to see wich one is newer.
I don't think it will be very robust. RPMs can be strangely named.
> My question is: I fear that this is already available with the rpm command using
> some strange syntax and heavy use of macros. Are there any such params for the
> rpm command?
Investigate the --qf option. For example, on my system :
$ rpm -q --qf '%{name} %{epoch} %{version} %{release}\n' perl
perl 2 5.8.6 2mdk
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