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