Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 13:03:01 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: FreeBSD current users <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: comparing executables Message-ID: <3CAB6E05.EB505842@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204031131150.21569-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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Compare them without the ELF headers, a section at a time, so that the timestamps are irrelevent. You may also have to throw out the "what" information from the binaries, preemptively... Julian Elischer wrote: > > I have two directories of executables > (actually two entire FreeBSD filesystems) > > they were both produced from the same checked out trees except that > between the two compiles, some patches (unknown) were applied > to the sources. > > 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? > > 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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