Re: rpm logs?

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq jbj gmail com>]

On Feb 7, 2007, at 3:36 PM, Dominick Petracca wrote:

> Does rpm maintain logs of all install and removals?

rpm does not maintain logs.

rpm -qa --last will show when packages were added.

rpm-4.4.6 and later also maintains forward/backward links of previous
versions of packages.

E.g. here's whate the currently installed yum package replaced:

# rpm -q --blink yum
yum-3.1.0-2.fc7.noarch.rpm
        <= yum-3.0.1-6.fc7.noarch.rpm

> I know we have the rpmpkgs logs in /var/log but how do we know if  
> an install actually went ok?

You know by examining whatever rpm command was run.

> Meaning is there a way to see the full install log of each package  
> installed (without having to specify the -v at the time of install).

Add -v to whatever is invoking rpm. Its not like rpm is invoking  
itself ...

> For example, how could I see if someone installed a package but it  
> actually failed one of the post install scripts but still  
> installed...etc.?

Ask the someone is the only reliable answer at the moment ;-)

Seriously, better could/should be done.

73 de Jeff