From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B750158003 for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2022 15:59:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 99D55E0864; Sun, 9 Oct 2022 15:59:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp161.vfemail.net (smtp161.vfemail.net [146.59.185.161]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 18E6DE0845 for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2022 15:59:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 11526 invoked from network); 9 Oct 2022 15:59:22 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO nl101-3.vfemail.net) () by smtpout.vfemail.net with ESMTPS (ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted); 9 Oct 2022 15:59:22 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple; d=vfemail.net; h=date:from :to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=2018; bh=QSsb22o8yap8 C5vN7lQ6m2L2dDbAhZsNkz4yjBuDcsU=; b=CTEFJ6yW5nHQFJ/fwLzf5Dtrt9WO yYjk5+TUq5mWyryOhCEZW5oyQtTU7aMr4a87uUNs2d4/1K79oQ8xwzrt6pB251YH qCIyFbvRRHzu30iwwg7oMLYVdfUGAKtohmKA1NwaaAJyWc+8Ys+V31fCdK0Vyjfg fp+CPCDDzI5HBss= Received: (qmail 84719 invoked from network); 9 Oct 2022 15:58:45 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 84695, pid: 84717, t: 0.0419s scanners:none Received: from unknown (HELO bmwxMDEudmZlbWFpbC5uZXQ=) (aHNAdmZlbWFpbC5uZXQ=@MTkyLjE2OC4xLjE5Mg==) by nl101.vfemail.net with ESMTPA; 9 Oct 2022 15:58:45 -0000 X-Received: id 305434007E for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2022 17:59:21 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 17:59:20 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?UsOzYmVydCDEjGVyxYhhbnNrw70=?= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Change History of linux commands Message-ID: <20221009175920.151bb3c5.openhs@tightmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20221007174751.2cd99221@ventiloplattform.tastytea.de> References: <1814ed0b-976a-a552-bac0-9da5f8312ee1@web.de> <137db192-75a9-56cd-04d8-c3164b62db1d@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> <20221007174751.2cd99221@ventiloplattform.tastytea.de> User-Agent: Claws Mail Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: a9f0a585-b9b6-4dab-add8-196c6d1a3c25 X-Archives-Hash: 6896a1717a6f7fef6ecc6d4bf5a67b61 On Fri, 7 Oct 2022 17:47:51 +0200 tastytea wrote: > On 2022-10-07 17:25+0200 n952162 wrote: >=20 > > Am 07.10.22 um 16:56 schrieb Grant Taylor: =20 > > > On 10/7/22 8:25 AM, n952162 wrote: =20 > > >> Can anybody tell me how I can look at the official change history > > >> of linux commands? =20 > > > > > > Some man pages have history of commands in them. > > > > > > Admittedly, it seems as if man pages on Solaris and *BSD (I have > > > access to FreeBSD) tend to be better than Linux man page at this > > > aspect. > > > > > > > > > =20 > >=20 > > Well, the man page, yes, would be a good indicator, but the commands > > themselves? > >=20 > > Where does gentoo get the source to build=C2=A0 test(1) or expr(1) or > > date(1)?=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 That's in some package, but where is the ups= tream > > source? Is it something in github?=C2=A0 Or a linux portal?=C2=A0 Or To= rvalds > > private server?=C2=A0 Or the gnu server? > >=20 > > =20 >=20 > /usr/bin/test[1] was installed by sys-apps/coreutils[2], it's homepage > is [3], that links to the > source code repository. For me the first and most obvious place to look at is /usr/share/doc//. Usually there is NEWS or ChangeLog file or both. Which it is you can get from man page (it is written at the end in the "footer") or with command $ equery belongs `which `. --=20 R=C3=B3bert =C4=8Cer=C5=88ansk=C3=BD E-mail: openhs@tightmail.com