Thanks Ed, And in-case anyone else is listening, if you want to query the rpm file without installing it, the command will be rpm -qp file.rpm --changelog
On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 12:07, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 11:01:59AM -0500, Jeff Bearer wrote: > > What is the best place to find information about rawhide packages > > bugzilla? > > > > The reason I'm asking is that I saw the Amanda package in rawhide. > > (2.42p2-5) and the latest production rpm from RH is 2.4.2p2-4. I want to > > know what has been changed in the last revision, but from bugzilla I > > can't find out. Is there someplace I can find a change log, or is there > > a WebCVS or something that has this information? > > Assuming that the package developer has done his/her job properly, you should > be able to download the package and then do an rpm -q <package> --changelog. > This will extract the changelog from the package and display it to the screen - > you may want to pipe this to less. > > Not all packages have complete changelogs, and some don't have a changelog at > all, but this is usually a good start. > > -- > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Jeff Bearer, RHCE Webmaster PittsburghLIVE.com 2002 EPpy Award, Best Online U.S. Newspaper _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
