vrms-rpm counts packages once for each version installed about vrms-rpm HOT 5 CLOSED

I thought about this and here's my stance: Software licenses change sometimes. It can be a proprietary program going open-source, but it can also be something like MongoDB switching to SSPL (which the OSI does not consider free). As such, it makes sense for "duplicate" packages to be counted separately, as there is a (however miniscule) chance that one version may be deemed free, but the other one not.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, though. I think it would be a good idea to add a mechanism to the program where it detects duplicate packages, and when listing them, prints the version-release info as well, to reduce ambiguity.

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@nemobis today's commits to trunk add handling of duplicate packages: when duplicates are detected, vrms-rpm will print the epoch:version-release.arch information to eliminate ambiguity as to which package it's describing. If you have some time to spare, please test this out and report any bugs you encounter, or suggestions you may have.

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nemobis |"vrms-rpm counts packages once for each version installed".

Hello. Not only. Fake packages with GPG keys are taken in account in the query. The rpm utility does so when rpm -qa is invoked. In a system where such packages can be found, their presence can be attested with vrms-rpm --list all | grep ' gpg-pubkey$'.

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vrms-rpm v2.3 was released this Sunday; this release includes the duplicate-detection behaviour (plus the --evra option) and special handling for gpg-pubkey packages. Closing this as completed.

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