On June 24, 2005 8:36:25 AM -0400 Aumick Avram <Avram.Aumick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Everything is fine until I compare the md5sums of ".a" library files. At that point, even if we know that they did not change, the sums are different. The rpm's were built using the same library file that was built with the ver. 000. The library files were only Included in with the rpm and not a newly rebuilt file. Note that the library file is not only Different form ver 1 and 2 but also from the original. Question: 1. What is causing the rpm to change from the original to each version?
Sometimes developers or the build process puts time and date or version specific info into a file. For example, if you build the same rpm twice in a row, the rpm itself will be different on each run, because the "build date" info will be different.
2. How could we compare the library files from each rpm to determine if they changed since the md5sums are different?
Well, if the md5sums are different, you've already determined that the files have changed. Frank
