Server Gremlin wrote: > Steve Rigler wrote: >> On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 11:53 -0400, Server Gremlin wrote: >> >>> Hello CentOS users, >>> >>> Is there any sort of package tracking system for CentOS? >>> >>> I'm used to Debian where I can view a changelog for each *Debian* >>> specific package. This is great because I can see specifically what >>> has been fixed and what known issues remain from release to release >>> in the Debian package, which is subtly different from the upstream >>> release. For instance, I can see what's changed from >>> "apache2.1-debian.deb" to "apache2.2-debian.deb" by using the Debian >>> Package Tracking System. (I'm fudging the package names, but you get >>> the idea). Is there anything like that in CentOS? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> - SG >>> >> >> Maybe this does what you want: "rpm -q 'package name' --changelog" >> >> -Steve >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > Thanks guys, that is pretty much what I want. But what if I want to see > the changelog for a package that I don't have installed? I'd like to > look at the changelog for a package available via yum before I upgrade > my existing package to it. When I did a "rpm -q --changelog mypackage", > that only showed changes up to my currently installed version. (Which > makes sense if this is just looking on my local machine, which I assume > it is) > > Thanks, > - SG There is a yum plugin called changelog (yum-changelog) that can do this in CentOS-5 ... the version for centos-4 does not work well ... the version for centos-5 is much better. yum install yum-changelog Then ... man yum-changelog
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