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Description of problem: when using installed-rpms to check which packages are installed there is too much information in it for your average frontline engineer, I would like to propose that installed-rpms go back to the previous format, and the extra data that is now included be put in a seperate file Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.2 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. request sosreport from a customer running sos-3.2 or later 2. check installed-rpms 3. get TMI and it is not human readable Actual results: output similar to for each package in installed-rpms: zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64 Mon Jun 29 17:57:22 2015 1435593442 Red Hat, Inc. x86-022.build.eng.bos.redhat.com 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 RSA/8, Tue Nov 27 10:58:54 2012, Key ID 199e2f91fd431d51 Expected results: in installed-rpms the following information: zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64 Tue May 6 11:51:53 2014 and everything else somewhere else. Or a new file that contains just the package name and installation date if moving the pgp key and extra data elsewhere is not feasible Additional info:
I am from a customer support. I use sosreport every time my customer open a call. Latest output format gives me pain. I prefer to use "rpm -qa --last" type of output, because I can find any latest changes from the list. I don't prefer to use "sort by package name" list. I know that latest format (with build time) may useful to find out if the customer uses RHEL binary or CentOS binary. (Now a day RPM package name doesn't tell the difference.) But I seldom face such a situation. So my suggestion is, make it simple output for default, and keep value-added output as optional.
Test with sos-3.2.39.el6.noarch.rpm from RHEL6.8 alpha-1, the soscommand/rpm/sh_-nodigsest_-qa_--qf_NAME.......(snip)...sort_-f Output example abrt-2.0.8-34.el6.x86_64 Tue Mar 1 23:44:15 2016 abrt-addon-ccpp-2.0.8-34.el6.x86_64 Tue Mar 1 23:44:15 2016 abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.8-34.el6.x86_64 Tue Mar 1 23:44:15 2016 abrt-addon-python-2.0.8-34.el6.x86_64 Tue Mar 1 23:44:16 2016 abrt-cli-2.0.8-34.el6.x86_64 Tue Mar 1 23:52:16 2016 abrt-desktop-2.0.8-34.el6.x86_64 Tue Mar 1 23:52:16 2016 I installed the sos RPM into RHEL6.7 system, so the list of RPM files in "Output example" are from RHEL6.7. Thanks!
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-0819.html