"Alex Vinokur" wrote: [...] >$ gcc foo.c -o x1.exe > >$ gcc foo.c -o x2.exe > >$ cmp x1.exe x2.exe >x1.exe x2.exe differ: char 137, line 2 > >Why are x1.exe and x2.exe different?
Because the PE header has a field that contains the creation time. Due to this "feature" the MD5-sums of executables compiled on two different machines will hardly ever concide. I have no clue why this feature exists. Ciao Tom Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Thomas Demmer Kraft Foods R&D Inc. Chocolate WW Process Development Tel.: +49 (0)89 62738-6302 Fax: +49 (0)89 62738-86302 Thought of the day By doing just a little every day, you can gradually let the task completely overwhelm you. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
