How to find the version history of a rpm in Linux?

The rpm command gives you the version history & changelog of a package , when you query the package with --changelog option.

Here is an example :

[root@linux-cloud ~]# rpm -q --changelog gzip
* Thu May 29 2008 Karanbir Singh <> 1.3.5-10.el5.centos
- Roll in CentOS Branding

* Wed Jan 16 2008 Ivana Varekova <> 1.3.5-10.el5
- Resolves: #247269
  gzip munges directory mtime with "-r"

* Fri Dec 15 2006 Ivana Varekova <> - 1.3.5-9.el5
- fix regression in unpack algorithm
  Resolves: #219539

* Mon Oct 02 2006 Jesse Keating <> - 1.3.5-9
- rebuilt for unwind info generation, broken in gcc-4.1.1-21

* Thu Sep 21 2006 Ivana Varekova <> 1.3.5-8
- fix bug 204676 (patches by Tavis Ormandy)
  - cve-2006-4334 - null dereference problem
  - cve-2006-4335 - buffer overflow problem
  - cve-2006-4336 - buffer underflow problem
  - cve-2006-4338 - infinite loop problem
  - cve-2006-4337 - buffer overflow problem

* Sat Jul 15 2006 Karsten Hopp <> 1.3.5-7
- buildrequire texinfo, otherwise gzip.info will be empty

* Thu Jul 13 2006 Jesse Keating <> - 1.3.5-6.2.2
- rebuild
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