How to detect RPM version without running rpm --version? #2213
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How can the RPM version be detected programmatically (in a language like Go or C) using either a file or a system call, without running a subprocess For context, I am writing an application that needs to be highly performant, and I want to avoid spawning any child processes if at all possible. |
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librpm does export its version:
But a highly performant application will remain that way if you call an external process, once. |
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librpm does export its version:
But a highly performant application will remain that way if you call an external process, once.