---
name: "rpmdiff"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rpmlint"
version: "1.9-6"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rpmdiff"
---

# rpmdiff(1)

search for differences between two RPM packages

## NAME

rpmdiff - search for differences between two RPM packages

## SYNOPSIS

**rpmdiff** \[\<options\>\] *\<old\_RPM\> \<new\_RPM\>*

## DESCRIPTION

The **rpmdiff** tool shows differences between two RPM packages.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-').

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-i, --ignore=*property***

  File property to ignore when calculating differences (may be used multiple times).\
   Valid values are:

  ```
   S (size)
   M (mode)
   5 (checksum)
   D (device)
   N (inode)
   L (number of links)
   V (vflags)
   U (user)
   G (group)
   F (digest)
   T (time)
  ```

## SEE ALSO

[**rpmlint**(1)](/rpmlint/1.md), **rpm**(1)

## AUTHOR

Originally written by Frédéric Lepied, modified and maintained by numerous contributors since.\
 This manual page was written by Arturo Borrero González \<arturo.borrero.glez@gmail.com\>, and is free/libre documentation (GPL-2+).