mkdir /tmp/test
cd /tmp/test
wget 
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/redhat/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/gcc-4.1.2-14.el5.src.rpm
wget 
ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/redhat/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/gcc-4.1.2-42.el5.src.rpm
rpm -qp --changelog gcc-4.1.2-14.el5.src.rpm > changelog.1
rpm -qp --changelog gcc-4.1.2-42.el5.src.rpm > changelog.2
diff -u changelog.1 changelog.2

Troy

Akemi Yagi wrote:
> 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


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