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 > > > -- > __________________________________________________ > Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 > Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI DSS Group > __________________________________________________