Thanks to both of you!

Cheers,
Dan W.

On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 04:15:05PM -0500, Troy Dawson wrote:
> 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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