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Re: yum: Showing ChangeLog of a package
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Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
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Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:17:53 +0000
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2011, Frank Lanitz wrote:

> I'm looking for the 'correct way' to figure out what did change inside a
> package once it comes up with e.g. yum check-update. Is this something
> yum can help me with?

There is a yum changelog plugin:
 	man yum-changelog yum-changelog.conf

If
 	/etc/yum/pluginconf.d/changelog.conf
contains
 	when=pre
then
 	yum --changelog --downloadonly update
seems to show the changes without installing the packages.

-- 
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison		Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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