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> From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 22:14:51 GMT
> > 
> > ???  How exactly do you ``check things by binary identity''?  If you
> > use something like RCS's `ident' program, you should be able to see
> > the difference.  If you use any other methods, please tell what they
> > are.
> 
> Before futzing with somebody elses code, I like to check that I
> can duplicate their results.  The quickest way is to do a
> compile/assemble/whatnot and a binary compare on the final
> product.  I may have to allow for different embedded dates, etc,
> and may have to play games with directory structures to get the
> match, but when I do it is quite positive.

What would that comparison show?  It isn't useful, since differences
in versions of compilers/assemblers/linkers will produce a totally
differen binary.

I also cannot see how all this is related to the library versions.

As I said: use `ident', it will tell you the version of the library
used to link the program.  That's why we have all those strings wired
into the library--so users could tell.