How to compare oracle homes

Hi,
I'm familiar and use the comparison tool for servers/os and it works good. Also used the feature to compare databases. I'm interested in comparing oracle_homes betwee 2 boxes, what's different?
Any ideas how to do it?
Thanks

From the java console, you can use change manager. I haven't taken a look closely at 10gR3...apparently, it's supposed to be there.

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