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ceicke
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 Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:36 am Post subject: updates to packages... why? |
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Hi!
Whenever I run updates on the gentoo boxes that I administer I sometimes ask myself (especially when there is no real version bump, but only a rX added) why this was done. Is there a place where I can look up why a specific version of software was updated in the portage tree, e.g. the kernel sources (I'm especially interested in info if the update fixes a specific vulnerability).
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thorpe
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Well you could read the changelog for that package which is included in the portage tree.
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jesso
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I find that this has to do with ebuild/portage fixes as such. |
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yngwin
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| thorpe wrote: | | Well you could read the changelog for that package which is included in the portage tree. |
Indeed. And you can use emerge -pl package-to-be-updated to see that.
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PaulBredbury
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| An easy way to check online is the package list. |
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