[CentOS] checking package versions in various releases

Normally I would have a VM for this sort of thing but I still do not
have a machine available for that and I'm hesitant to put VMWare
Server on one of my production machines.   I'm new here and have
already flagged that I need a box for VMs - hoping to have something
in place by this time next week.

Thanks all for your help!


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