PkgDiff 1.8
January 11, 2025 · View on GitHub
Package Changes Analyzer (pkgdiff) — a tool for visualizing changes in Linux software packages (RPM, DEB, TAR.GZ, etc).
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About
The tool is intended for Linux maintainers who are interested in ensuring compatibility of old and new versions of packages. The tool can compare directories as well (with the help of the -d option).
Sample report: https://abi-laboratory.pro/tracker/package_diff/libssh/0.6.5/0.7.0/report.html
The tool is developed by Andrey Ponomarenko.
Install
sudo make install prefix=/usr
Requires
- Perl 5
- GNU Diff
- GNU Wdiff
- GNU Awk
- GNU Binutils
- Perl-File-LibMagic
Suggests
- ABI Compliance Checker 1.99.1 or newer: https://github.com/lvc/abi-compliance-checker/
- ABI Dumper 0.97 or newer: https://github.com/lvc/abi-dumper
Usage
pkgdiff PKG1 PKG2 [options]
Example
pkgdiff libssh-0.6.5.tar.xz libssh-0.7.0.tar.xz
Compare directories
pkgdiff -d DIR1/ DIR2/ [options]
Useful options
| Option | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -c/-hide-unchanged | Don't show unchanged files in the report |
| -list-added-removed | Show content of added and removed text files |
| -skip-pattern REGEX | Don't check files matching REGEX |
| -tmp-dir DIR | Use custom temp directory |
| -d/-directories | Compare directories instead of packages |
Adv. usage
For advanced usage, see output of -help option.