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Re: Strange differences between unstripped binaries
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Re: Strange differences between unstripped binaries


  • Subject: Re: Strange differences between unstripped binaries
  • From: Ken Thomases <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 13:59:28 -0600

On Dec 1, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Martin Redington wrote:

> I'm reorganizing a project, moving all of its build settings into xconfig files.
>
> To confirm that I haven't inadvertently changed the settings as part
> of this change, I'm comparing the binaries before and after - I'm on
> Mavericks, running Xcode 5.0.2, on an iOS project using the iOS7 SDK.

This is untenable, as you've discovered.

> The stripped binaries are identical, but the unstripped binaries seem
> to have a number of small, one-byte differences.

> Does anyone know why these files should differ in this way?

Things like a build timestamp get incorporated into the build.  You can't generally expect built products to be identical, even given identical inputs.

Regards,
Ken


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