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90k Series

[r7@box ~]$ date && rpm -qi glibc-common
Mon Apr 13 16:19:50 CEST 2009
Name        : glibc-common                 Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.8                               Vendor: Fedora Project
Release     : 8                             Build Date: Thu 17 Jul 2008 00:14:14 CEST
Install Date: Tue 29 Jul 2008 12:09:56 CEST      Build Host: x86-4
Group       : System Environment/Base       Source RPM: glibc-2.8-8.src.rpm
Size        : 91637267                         License: LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv2+
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Mon 21 Jul 2008 22:57:20 CEST, Key ID b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager    : Fedora Project
URL         : http://sources.redhat.com/glibc/
Summary     : Common binaries and locale data for glibc
Description :
The glibc-common package includes common binaries for the GNU libc
libraries, as well as national language (locale) support.
[r7@box ~]$

30k Series

Name        : glibc-common                 Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.3.5                             Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 0.fc3.1                       Build Date: Thu 07 Apr 2005 04:03:21 AM MDT
Install Date: Thu 19 May 2005 03:30:44 PM MDT      Build Host: tweety.build.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Base       Source RPM: glibc-2.3.5-0.fc3.1.src.rpm
Size        : 50344454                         License: LGPL
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Thu 07 Apr 2005 02:40:45 PM MDT, Key ID b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
Summary     : Common binaries and locale data for glibc
Description :
The glibc-common package includes common binaries for the GNU libc
libraries, as well as national language (locale) support.