[XviD-devel] If I'm trying to compare differences between versions of XviD binaries...

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On Fri Jun  6 06:38:15 2003 jmillenbach at hotmail.com (Joe Millenbach) wrote:
> Can I just do a binary compare?  In other words, should I get exactly the 
> same file out of XviD every time for a given input file and settings?  I'm 
> not changing any source files, only adjusting optimization settings before 
> building...

it'll be mostly identical, although this depends highly on the compiler/linker.

some leave junk in the unused header sections, or padding sections.

the p.e. format (win32 exe/dll) has datetime fields, although few
linkers bother to fill it.

real comparion require disassembly... you may recall the fun the xvid
team had comparing binaries in ~aug/2002 ;-)

-- pete