[COLUG] Finding out which updates have been applied to a Red Hat system?

[Travis Sidelinger]

Peter,

This won't help this time, but here's a little backup script I've been 
using that covers most of the things should be backing up.
  http://www.ilive4unix.net/doku.php?id=code:sh:backup

Travis Sidelinger

Peter Kukla wrote:
> Hello all,
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> Is there any way to tell at a glance what updates have
> been applied to a Red Hat 7.x system?
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> This is a system maintained by a new-to-Linux friend,
> who has inherited it from a former co-worker.
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> The server lost a disk, and they've reloaded the OS
> from CD, now they want to get the OS in sync with how
> it had been before.  They have a file listing of the
> pre-crash system which they can use for comparison.
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> (My personal suggestion would be to simply upgrade
> this dinosaur, but that's apparently not an option,
> although I don't know why.)
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> Any ideas?
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> Thanks in advance for any & all suggestions.
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> Peter
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