[CentOS] RedHat to CentOS packages

R P Herrold herrold at owlriver.com
Mon Aug 1 19:21:28 UTC 2011


On Mon, 1 Aug 2011, Ned Slider wrote:

> But as outlined in that thread it is not always easy (or indeed
> possible) to establish which upstream source a given CentOS modified
> package is built from. A more reliable method would be to check the
> changelog.

A most reliable mechanism would be to examine the building 
.spec file, which is included in the SRPM, and for CentOS 
changed packages, the project releases all SRPMS, and 
particularly those for changed packages

-- Russ herrold



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