On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Daniel Widyono <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'd like to determine the precise changes between SL 5.1 and SL 5.2 with
> respect to GCC compilers.
>
> I know I can get different binaries, currently 4.1.2-14 and 4.1.2-42.  I see
> a source rpm which is common to 5.x, and its version is 4.1.1-52.  How do I
> get the particular sources used to create the 4.1.2-14 and 4.1.2-42 binaries?
>
> Better yet, how do I get the changelog of 4.1.2-42 that shows the changes?
> The source rpm's changelog files don't seem to have been updated past 2007.

On a system that already has gcc-4.1.2-42, running:

rpm -q --changelog gcc

will show the changelog.  I see many changes from 2005 all the way up
to Mon Apr 14 2008.

If you only have an rpm file (but not installed), do a:

rpm -qp --changelog <gcc package name>

Akemi