On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:25:40 +0200, Nils Philippsen <nphilipp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 11:41 -0400, Scot Mc Pherson wrote: > > > I'd say this is to be expected because (ar) archives contain time stamps > > > which change with every build. That is also why I would expect every RPM > > > to have different checksums, because it again contains a (cpio) archive > > > which contains timestamps. > > > > > > Nils > > > > Of course, but that shouldn't change the file sizes. > > Sure it does ;-) as the contained archives are compressed and different > timestamps of files in there result in different data to be compressed > (the uncompressed archive) which will almost inevitably result in > different sizes of the compressed archive. > > > > Nils > -- > Nils Philippsen / Red Hat / nphilipp@xxxxxxxxxx > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759 > PGP fingerprint: C4A8 9474 5C4C ADE3 2B8F 656D 47D8 9B65 6951 3011 > > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > > > Well it turns out from my first mail I was really overlooking something. I thank you guys for the explanation and setting my mind at ease. This really startled me when I noticed it, but makes perfect sense now. thanks again. -- matt whiteley <mattwhiteley@xxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
