James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >.. > ==> Aha! : discovery/side note: > rpm -q package-name > does *NOT* take wildcards :-( > but a query with a --queryformat spec seems like it *DOES* Yay! :-)
OIC: On second look, I should have emphasized that rpm -qa is the variant that takes wildcard patterns. I don't believe it used to, so my discovery has nothing to do with the queryformat option, merely that -qa now accepts wildcards. Still, _I_ think my alias is neat. ..j -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
