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Article #2389Re: GCC version number in .o files -- bad idea
From: Ron Guilmette
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1989 21:03
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1989 21:03
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Dear John,
This has been mentioned before to the gcc bug mailing lists.
Somebody pointed out that for COFF files, you can get them
to compare the same if you skip over the first few bytes of
both files before starting the compare. I've forgotten now
what the suggested way of doing that was. Anybody care to
refresh my memory?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!MCC.COM!rfg From: rfg@MCC.COM (Ron Guilmette) Newsgroups: gnu.gcc.bug Subject: Re: GCC version number in .o files -- bad idea Message-ID: <8903142103.AA18095@riunite.aca.mcc.com> Date: 14 Mar 89 21:03:00 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 13