rpm -qa does not show package version information?

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Issue

  • rpm -qa does not show package version for few installed packages?

  • Package glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm is missing information about version. After installation of glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm package command rpm -qa does not show full version number.

**Actual output is as below**

rpm -qa | grep -i glibc
glibc-common-2.5-123
glibc-2.5-123

**Expected result is as below**

[root@test ~]# rpm -qa | grep glibc
glibc-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1
[root@test ~]#
  • Moreover rpm -qi glibc also does not give full version, either.
rpm -qi glibc
Name        : glibc                        Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.5                               Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 123                           Build Date: Tue 26 Aug 2014 06:17:01 PM BST
Install Date: Wed 18 Mar 2015 12:12:49 PM GMT      Build Host: x86-002.build.bos.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Libraries   Source RPM: glibc-2.5-123.src.rpm
Size        : 13032544                         License: LGPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Wed 27 Aug 2014 10:17:14 AM BST, Key ID 5326810137017186
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
Summary     : The GNU libc libraries.
Description :
The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by
multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and
memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is
kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package
contains the most important sets of shared libraries: the standard C
library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a
Linux system will not function.
  • Full version number is required even by script to check for the GHOST vulnerability.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) All Version

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