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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 95 23:18 PST
From: jdp AT polstra DOT com (John Polstra)
To: djgpp AT polstra DOT com
Subject: "cmp" gives false positives!

The file comparison program "cmp" from "dif26bn.zip" gives false
positives, at least on my system.  It prints no message, and exits with
a successful exit code, when comparing any two random (and non-identical)
files.  I am running version 112m4 of the DJGPP package.

Until this gets fixed ... don't trust cmp!

   John Polstra                                       jdp AT polstra DOT com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth

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