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# 1  
Old 08-18-2014
Check that supersede of package version is installed
I need a programmatic way to check, that supersede of required package is installed. At Linux I do it using rpmvercm utility to compare installed package version to my minimal requirement.
So - I need analog of Linux "rpmvercm" utility for Solaris (10/11)
Let us say - I know that minimal version of system/library package (solaris 11) that I need to be installed is "0.5.11"
Is there some utility, that will automatically compare installed version (for example 0.5.12) and required and give me status - if I need to update my package?
# 2  
Old 08-18-2014
Do you mean rpmdev-vercmp?
# 3  
Old 08-18-2014
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Originally Posted by jlliagre
Do you mean rpmdev-vercmp?
Yes. At Linux platforms it works quite good. But I do not success to find some analog for Solaris. Actually I even do not use utility itself , but I incorporated its C code in my project...
Now I need to solve same problem for Solaris... Funny thing is that actually there is implementation of rpm for Solaris. And at machines with installed rpm manager I can use same code... But obviousely - it will not work at Solaris machine , that has not RPM manager installed.
# 4  
Old 08-18-2014
You may want to look at PCA tool. I use this for solaris patch reporting and patching servers. Its a great tool to compare patches, patching servers, downloading the missing patches and tons of other features which makes life easier.

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# 5  
Old 08-19-2014
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Originally Posted by npandith
You may want to look at PCA tool.
It seems to be a great tool. But not for my purposes. I do not need to install required packages. I need to check compliance of specific machine to set of pre-requirements (package X with version Y or higher is installed) and output report...
# 6  
Old 08-19-2014
Packaging works differently with Solaris compared to Red Hat, in particular with Solaris 10 where patches, not whole packages, are more commonly used to fix/update existing packages.

You should better explain why you want this functionality in the first place. Is it for custom made packages, third party, system ones ?
# 7  
Old 08-19-2014
It is a part of our installation procedure. I have a list of pre-requirements, supplied by dev teams. And I have to verify them on customer's box , before actually installaing product. So - I have list of x (6-12 depend of platform) packages that have to be present and their minimal versions. There is no problem to check that package X is installed , and query version of it, that is installed. Problem is - how to compare those quered version with minimum I have from development...Smilie

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Quote:
Originally Posted by jlliagre
Packaging works differently with Solaris compared to Red Hat, in particular with Solaris 10 where patches, not whole packages, are more commonly used to fix/update existing packages.
But - if I get it right, after patch is installed - it updates in Solaris "registry" version of package it have been updated... Right?
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