RPM Differences between RHEL-5.4 and RHEL-5.5beta

Stephen John Smoogen smooge at gmail.com
Wed Feb 24 23:31:09 UTC 2010


Downloaded client and server x86_64 DVD's for 5.4 and 5.5beta. Got a
list of package names and made a difference list. I am downloading the
src dvd's to do a better 'blocking' list but at the moment here is a
list of changes between 5.4 and 5.5beta

Items removed from 5.5beta that were in 5.4:
pfmon

Items added from 5.5beta that were NOT in 5.4

apr-util-mysql
celt051
celt051-devel
e4fsprogs-devel
e4fsprogs-libs
etherboot-pxes
etherboot-roms
etherboot-roms-kvm
etherboot-zroms
etherboot-zroms-kvm
freeradius2
freeradius2-krb5
freeradius2-ldap
freeradius2-mysql
freeradius2-perl
freeradius2-postgresql
freeradius2-python
freeradius2-unixODBC
freeradius2-utils
gpxe-roms-qemu
gsl
gsl-devel
gsl-static
iasl
kmod-kvm
kvm
kvm-qemu-img
kvm-tools
libipathverbs
libipathverbs-static
libsmbclient
libsmbclient-devel
libtalloc
libtalloc-devel
libtdb
libtdb-devel
log4cpp
log4cpp-devel
log4cpp-docs
mcelog
openoffice.org-ure
postgresql84
postgresql84-contrib
postgresql84-devel
postgresql84-docs
postgresql84-libs
postgresql84-plperl
postgresql84-plpython
postgresql84-pltcl
postgresql84-python
postgresql84-server
postgresql84-tcl
postgresql84-test
python-dmidecode
qcairo
qcairo-devel
qffmpeg-devel
qffmpeg-libs
qpixman
qpixman-devel
qspice
qspice-libs
qspice-libs-devel
rsyslog-gnutls
rsyslog-gssapi
rsyslog-pgsql
samba3x
samba3x-client
samba3x-common
samba3x-doc
samba3x-domainjoin-gui
samba3x-swat
samba3x-winbind
samba3x-winbind-devel
sblim-sfcb
sblim-sfcc
sblim-sfcc-devel
sblim-smis-hba
tdb-tools
tunctl
valgrind-devel
xz
xz-devel
xz-libs
xz-lzma-compat

Now for the ODD things.. some stuff were moved from RHEL 5.4 client to
5.5 server?
apmd
gnu-efi
gpart
ibmasm
ibmasm-xinput
kernel-PAE
kernel-PAE-devel
xorg-x11-drv-apm
xorg-x11-drv-ark
xorg-x11-drv-chips
xorg-x11-drv-cyrix
xorg-x11-drv-glint
xorg-x11-drv-i128
xorg-x11-drv-i740
xorg-x11-drv-neomagic
xorg-x11-drv-nsc
xorg-x11-drv-rendition
xorg-x11-drv-tseng
xorg-x11-drv-v4l

and vice versa...
libpfm
libpfm-devel

Hope this helps people.


-- 
Stephen J Smoogen.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for?
-- Robert Browning




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