[Gllug] Query RPM Database

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 01:09:33PM +0100, Steve Nelson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Is it possible to query the rpm database to establish if a package was
> installed at some stage in the past and then removed again?

Afraid not - the RPM db doesn't keep a record of the full historical
state, only its current state. The best you could do would be look
in /var/log/rpmpkg*  which are log files generated once a week listing
all packages installed at that time, but you'd have to be lucky to find
what you need there 

Dan.
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