Re: tool to compare/check rpm binaries

[Warren Togami <warren togami com>]

Charles R. Anderson wrote:
> I've made a simple tool to check for differences in two rpm binary 
> packages.  The script check for diffs in:
>
> Provides
> Requires
> ldd output
> nm output (minus addresses)
> diff -r on unpacked tree
>
> I've run it against the openssl builds in:
>
> http://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1395
>
> For 7.x, the diffs are reasonable (Provides on %{name} differs due to
> differing release numbers, Requires adds ld-linux.so.2, binary files
> differ).  However, for all the 8.0 builds, the symbol tables (nm
> output) differ non-trivally.  Is this something we should be concerned
> about?

Neat!  Would your tool be something we should include in the next 
fedora-rpmdevtools?

https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1175

If so, please submit it here and push for inclusion.

Warren