[Buildroot] How to know the package updated?

[Edgar Bonet]

Hello!

Jason Choi wrote:
> I’ve recently checked the version 2022.02.3 and 2022.02.4. I found
> bind is mentioned under fixes for download/compilation/runtime/license
> issues in ~. So, I compared bind package between 2022.02.3 and
> 2022.02.4. And actually they are same version which is
> bind-9.16.27.tar.xz. [...] am I misunderstanding the change log?

The CHANGES file only gives a very brief summary of what changes were
introduced by each release. If you want more details, your best option
may be to clone the git repository:

    $ git clone git://git.buildroot.net/buildroot
    Cloning into 'buildroot'...
    [...]
    $ cd buildroot
    $ git log --stat 2022.02.3..2022.02.4 -- package/bind
    commit 7032d5826d0927f3f60f5656d3d4fe8afc86e697
    Author: Danomi Manchego <danomimanchego123 at gmail.com>
    Date:   Tue Jul 5 23:02:36 2022 -0400

        package/bind: fix indentation of options in menuconfig
        
        Move kconfig comment below the "if BR2_PACKAGE_BIND...endif" block so
        that the two sub-options are presented in menuconfig as subordinate to
        "bind" package selection rather than equal to it as if they were
        unrelated.
        
        Signed-off-by: Danomi Manchego <danomimanchego123 at gmail.com>
        Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
        (cherry picked from commit 0d566b8cc7146ad57dfdf7ef13aceb80b85acd9e)
        Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>

     package/bind/Config.in | 10 +++++-----
     1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

This shows that, between 2022.02.3 and 2022.02.4, there was only one
commit touching the bind package, and that commit only touched the file
Config.in. You can use “git show <commit-ID>” if you want to see the
details of the changes.

Regards,

Edgar.