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Re: kernel version checking



On Tue, 2002-07-16 at 17:02, Lew Newby wrote:
> I am trying to write a script that will compare the running kernel version 
> against  a range and if the value is within the range then the test passes 
> else it fails. For example. Running kernel-2.4.18-3 and the range is 
> 2.4.9-34 to 2.4.18-5. My problem is if I check the rpms, the kernel rpms 
> have no SERIAL value or EPOCH value set in them. Trying to check against 
> straight values is driving me nuts.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas or code fragments in bash to help out?
> 

rpm -q --qf "%{name} %{epoch} %{version} %{release}\n" kernel

that should list that information for you.

-sv

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