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
On Tuesday 28 August 2007, Server Gremlin wrote:> I'm used to Debian where I can view a changelog for each *Debian* > specific package. Is there > anything like that in CentOS?rpm -qi --changelog <packagename> -- Lamar Owen Chief Information Officer Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 (828)862-5554 www.pari.edu
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, > - SGMaybe this does what you want: "rpm -q 'package name' --changelog" -Steve
On Tuesday 28 August 2007, Server Gremlin wrote:> 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?rpm -qip --changelog <path/to/package-file> This even works with mirror URLS (this is a single line below): rpm -qp --changelog http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/4/updates/i386/RPMS/bind-9.2.4-27.0.1.el4.i386.rpm Produces: warning: http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/4/updates/i386/RPMS/bind-9.2.4-27.0.1.el4.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 443e1821 * Thu Jul 19 2007 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> 20:9.2.4-27.0.1.el4 - fixed cryptographically weak query id generator (CVE-2007-2926) * Wed Jan 31 2007 Martin Stransky <stransky at redhat.com> - 20:9.2.4-24.EL4 - fixed a multilib regression ...... etc. The yum changelog plugin will work far more smoothly; but if you know the URL to the package, rpm -qp --changelog will work just fine. -- Lamar Owen Chief Information Officer Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 (828)862-5554 www.pari.edu