FWIW, I use this script (run it in a directory of available RPMs) to see which version-releases differ to what's installed.
#!/bin/bash
echo -e "Installed\r\t\t\t\t\tAvailable" echo -e "---------\r\t\t\t\t\t---------" for pkg in $(rpm -qa | sort) do pkgname=$(echo $pkg | sed -e 's/^(.*)-[^-]+-[^-]+$/\1/') qpkgname=$(echo $pkgname | sed -e 's/+/\+/g') file=$(ls -t1 ${pkgname}-*-*.*.rpm 2>/dev/null | grep "^${qpkgname}-[^-]+-[^-]+.(i386|noarch)" | head -n 1) file=${file%.*.rpm} [ -n "${file}" ] && [ "${pkg}" != "${file}" ] && \ echo -e "${pkg}\r\t\t\t\t\t${file}" done
Tim. */