On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 02:55:20PM -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote:
> Does anyone know of a "software inventory" solution for Debian (or other
> GNU/Linux OSes) ?
>
> I'm thinking something that keeps track of packages. I.e. when various
> package versions become available and when upgrades happen to said packages.
>
> There are a variety of ways of attacking this problem and I'm wondering if
> anyone has already had some success in the domain?
https://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase/
Thanks for the pointer, Greg.
I was hoping to have some sort of package I could install on each system I admin. There would be a script or something that would keep a database updated of what is happening with packages on that system.
I could then interact with the database. In pseudo-SQL:
select * from hosts, packages, etc. where package_name = 'apache2' and package_state = 'installed' and package_version <= '2.4';
Not sure if anyone has done something like this or not.
-m