====== Yum plugin to show installed package versions when upgrading ====== There is a feature <color red>''apt-get''</color> has and <color red>''yum''</color> misses : the ability to show installed packages versions, when asking confirmation about upgrading. There is a list of the about-to-be-installed packages version numbers, but not the already installed versions. For example yum might tell you that you're about to upgrade to apache v2.2.14-2, but from which version ? If you're upgrading from v2.2.14-1, you should have nothing to worry about. If you're upgrading to v2.2.13-4, maybe you'll want to have a look to the changelog to check which features were added. If you're upgrading to v1.3 (!), well, you might run into a couple of problems when trying to restart it afterwards :) Well, this is what this plugin is made for. Here's how it looks like : <code console> # yum upgrade Loaded plugins: changelog, dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, presto, priorities, refresh-packagekit, show-upgrade-versions [...] Setting up Upgrade Process Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check [...] --> Finished Dependency Resolution The following packages are release updates: bind-libs (9.6.1) 13.P2.fc12 => 15.P3.fc12 bind-utils (9.6.1) 13.P2.fc12 => 15.P3.fc12 dhclient (4.1.0p1) 13.fc12 => 17.fc12 dhcp (4.1.0p1) 13.fc12 => 17.fc12 fluidsynth-libs (1.0.9) 4.fc12 => 5.fc12 policycoreutils (2.0.78) 7.fc12 => 10.fc12 policycoreutils-gui (2.0.78) 7.fc12 => 10.fc12 policycoreutils-python (2.0.78) 7.fc12 => 10.fc12 The following packages are version updates: genisoimage 1.1.9 => 1.1.10 gocr 0.46 => 0.48 homebank 4.0.4 => 4.1 icedax 1.1.9 => 1.1.10 perf 2.6.31.9 => 2.6.31.12 wodim 1.1.9 => 1.1.10 Dependencies Resolved [...] Total download size: 33 M Is this ok [y/N]: </code> I've made an rpm package for this plugin, if you want to try it, you can grab it here : {{:blog:yum-plugin-show-upgrade-versions-1.00-1.fc12.noarch.rpm|}}. It's tagged for Fedora 12, but it should work on older versions I suppose... ~~META: date created = 2010-01-21 21:40:00 ~~