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Date:      Mon, 27 Dec 1999 09:59:20 -0700
From:      "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>
To:        Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
Cc:        Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com>, FreeBSD Stable List <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Huge differences in suid programs ?
Message-ID:  <19991227095920.A9365@freeway.dcfinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <v0422080fb48d41623ff8@[195.238.1.121]>; from blk@skynet.be on Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 05:17:46PM %2B0100
References:  <199912271336.FAA14584@netcom.com> <19991227134529.D1290@marder-1> <v0422080fb48d41623ff8@[195.238.1.121]>

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On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 05:17:46PM +0100, Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 1:45 PM +0000 1999/12/27, Mark Ovens wrote:
> 
> >  The timestamp has changed on the files because make world replaced
> >  them so they're different.
> 
> 	Right, but *why* are they so different?  Was it perhaps a change 
> in a library, a change in the compiler, or was it that the source 
> code for these programs itself actually changed so much?

The "make world" regenerates every binary on the machine, unless you
set the "no clean" option.  It does so without regard to whether the
source for any particular program has changed.

I believe this to generally be a Good Thing.

Think of it as the ultimate anti-virus, if nothing else.

	-crl
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