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On Tuesday 17 May 2011 17:57:42 Blakawk wrote: |
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> As far as i remember, i don't see why modification times will enter in |
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> the md5sum computation process, as they are not part of the file but of |
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> the filesystem's inode... it's definitely possible to compare two |
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> binaries on two different system if they are compiled with the same |
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> compiler version and libraries |
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in theory. In practice only a slight change here and there - might result in |
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huge changes. 'Almost identical' but the things that are not identical will |
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screw you up. Almost identical is like 'totally different' in this case. |
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Instead wasting time comparing the machines, he should find the culprit for |
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the segfault. KDE's backtracking tool (drkonqi) and strace help a lot with |
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that. If he knows where it fails, he at least has a chance to find out why. |
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