> -----Original Message----- > From: Neelay Thaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 4:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: does cvs reduce size of executables? > > Hi all, > I have a working tethereal executable. When I try to add it > to the cvs repository, it's size gets reduced as shown below. > I even tried removing the current tethereal and then adding > it again, but when I execute a "cvs commit" the size of the > tethereal executable gets > reduced- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tethereal]$ ls -l tethereal -rwxr-xr-x 1 > neelay wheel 33277880 Jun 30 14:10 tethereal [EMAIL PROTECTED] > tethereal]$ cvs add tethereal cvs add: scheduling file > `tethereal' for addition on branch `THIRDPARTY' > cvs add: use 'cvs commit' to add this file permanently > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tethereal]$ ls -l tethereal -rwxr-xr-x 1 > neelay wheel 33277880 Jun 30 14:10 tethereal [EMAIL PROTECTED] > tethereal]$ cvs commit tethereal > ** INFO ** commit not subject to validation RCS file: > /usr/cvs/tethereal/Attic/tethereal,v > done > Checking in tethereal; > /usr/cvs/tethereal/Attic/tethereal,v <-- tethereal new > revision: 1.1.2.1; previous revision: 1.1 done [EMAIL PROTECTED] > tethereal]$ ls -l tethereal -rwxr-xr-x 1 neelay wheel > 33277672 Jun 30 14:11 tethereal As seen above, the size of > tethereal goes down from 33277880 to > 33277672 after I did a cvs commit. > Any idea why this happens? This causes the new tethereal to > exit on "Segmentation Fault". > > Thanks, > Neelay. > > _______________________________________________ > info-cvs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs >
Did you remember to specify that this is a binary file when you added it? http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.22/cvs_9.html#SEC79 -Damian ============================== Confidentiality Notice: The content of this communication, along with any attachments, is the property of the sender, is covered by federal and state law governing electronic communications and may contain confidential and legally privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, use or copying of the information contained herein is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately contact us by email at [EMAIL PROTECTED], destroy any copies or print outs of this e-mail and permanently delete the original e-mail. Thank you _______________________________________________ info-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
