Thanks, I see that now, but why no mention of that
errata (RHBA-2018:1383) on the SL 7 GCC errata page ?
And why wasn't it sent to the errata mailing list ?
Please try to ensure updates are not released without
errata documentation in future.
Thanks & Best Regards,
Jason

On 16/05/2018, Patrick Riehecky <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This was released in line with upstream errata RHBA-2018:1383
>
> --
> Pat Riehecky
>
> Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 7:37:32 AM
> To: scientific-linux-devel
> Subject: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-DEVEL] where is errata report for
> gcc-4.8.5-28.el7_5.1 ?
>
> Good day -
>
> A 'yum update' today would result in
>     gcc-4.8.5-28.el7
> and all GCC subpackages being upgraded to
>     gcc-4.8.5-28.el7_5.1
> - why ? gcc-4.8.5-28.el7 was only upgraded last week .
>
> But the GCC errata page @
>    https://www.scientificlinux.org/category/sl-errata/slsa-20180849-1/
> makes no mention of this update
> ( according to that page, the latest GCC is gcc-4.8.5-28.el7,
>   issued 2018-04-10 .
> ).
>
> Also, a search of the SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-ERRATA mailing list
> makes no mention of this gcc update.
>
> Moreover, having downloaded the gcc-4.8.5-28.el7_5.1 SRPM,
> there is no ChangeLog entry later than  :
> '
> * Tue Mar 27 2018 Jeff Law <[log in to unmask]> 4.8.5-29
> - s390 retpoline support for spectre mitigation
> ' .
>
> Until now, I've been able to rely on SL errata reports /
> SRPM ChangeLogs telling me why a package is being
> changed, which is one of the main reasons I run
> SL at work.
>
> Until I can discover exactly what changes  gcc-4.8.5-28.el7_5.1
> has made wrt  gcc-4.8.5-28.el7, about which there appears to
> be no documentation at all, I cannot apply this update to our
> systems.
>
> Please, could anyone provide a ChangeLog for  gcc-4.8.5-28.el7_5.1
> changes wrt  gcc-4.8.5-28.el7 ?
>
> Thanks  & Best Regards,
> Jason
>