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 > www.fnal.gov > www.scientificlinux.org > > ________________________________________ > From: Mailing list for Scientific Linux developers worldwide > <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Jason Vas Dias > <[log in to unmask]> > 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 >