Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 15:49:28 -0500 From: Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, FreeBSD current users <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: comparing executables Message-ID: <20020403154928.A18216@locore.ca> In-Reply-To: <89756.1017864096@critter.freebsd.dk>; from phk@critter.freebsd.dk on Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 10:01:36PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204031145050.21569-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <89756.1017864096@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Apparently, On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 10:01:36PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp said words to the effect of; > In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204031145050.21569-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>, Ju > lian Elischer writes: > > > > > >On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > >> > >> >How can I find out which binaries have changed? > >> >they are all different according to cksum so I assume > >> >that there is a timestamp or something in them. > >> >Is there a way to compare only the text segments? > >> > >> You can do wonders with objdump(1) and diff. > > > >hmmm ok.. > >what about libraries? > > .a you take apart with ar(1), .so you're stuck as far as my knowledge > goes. objdump works on both of these, the addresses won't be resolved though. > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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