Bug#1085257: diffoscope: Compare ar(1) archives

2024-10-24 Thread Alejandro Colomar
Hi Chris, On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 12:01:07PM GMT, Chris Lamb wrote: > tags 1085257 + pending > thanks > > Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > > I've downloaded the files from the email I sent, just in case my mail > > client messed with them, and they have the same hashes than the original > > ones: >

Bug#1085257: diffoscope: Compare ar(1) archives

2024-10-23 Thread Chris Lamb
tags 1085257 + pending thanks Alejandro Colomar wrote: > I've downloaded the files from the email I sent, just in case my mail > client messed with them, and they have the same hashes than the original > ones: Thanks for confirming. Not sure what happened, but I've downloaded them directly from

Bug#1085257: diffoscope: Compare ar(1) archives

2024-10-22 Thread Alejandro Colomar
Hi Chris, On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 03:15:36PM GMT, Chris Lamb wrote: > Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > > alx@debian:~/src/alx/liba2i/contrib$ file liba2i*.a > > liba2i.a: current ar archive > > liba2i_ranlibbed.a: current ar archive > > Now that's puzzling. Okay, so we might be in danger o

Bug#1085257: diffoscope: Compare ar(1) archives

2024-10-22 Thread Chris Lamb
Alejandro Colomar wrote: > alx@debian:~/src/alx/liba2i/contrib$ file liba2i*.a > liba2i.a: current ar archive > liba2i_ranlibbed.a: current ar archive Now that's puzzling. Okay, so we might be in danger of actually debugging why these are identified as 'data' on my system (rather than f

Bug#1085257: diffoscope: Compare ar(1) archives

2024-10-21 Thread Alejandro Colomar
Hi Chris, On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 03:15:52PM GMT, Chris Lamb wrote: > Hi Alejandro, > > > Please find them attached. > > Thanks for the files. Unfortunately, I can't seem to reproduce your traceback. > > Can you provide the output on your system of the following: > >$ file liba2i.a liba2i_

Bug#1085257: diffoscope: Compare ar(1) archives

2024-10-21 Thread Chris Lamb
Hi Alejandro, > Please find them attached. Thanks for the files. Unfortunately, I can't seem to reproduce your traceback. Can you provide the output on your system of the following: $ file liba2i.a liba2i_ranlibbed.a $ dpkg -l file $ dpkg -l | grep libarchive For reference, I get:

Bug#1085257: diffoscope: Compare ar(1) archives

2024-10-18 Thread Chris Lamb
Hey Alejandro, >> Do you not get the same thing? You may need to install the binutils >> package. > > Humm. I might be in front of a bug? I was trying to see what was the > difference between an archive before and after running ranlib(1) on it. > Maybe that was the issue? Oh, I didn't realise y

Bug#1085257: diffoscope: Compare ar(1) archives

2024-10-17 Thread Alejandro Colomar
On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 10:16:25AM GMT, Chris Lamb wrote: > Hello Alejandro, Hi Chris! > > > It would be nice to be able to compare ar(1) archives. > > It should already do! > > $ diffoscope tests/data/test1.a tests/data/test2.a > > --- tests/data/test1.a > +++ tests/data/test2.a > ├─

Bug#1085257: diffoscope: Compare ar(1) archives

2024-10-17 Thread Chris Lamb
Hello Alejandro, > It would be nice to be able to compare ar(1) archives. It should already do! $ diffoscope tests/data/test1.a tests/data/test2.a --- tests/data/test1.a +++ tests/data/test2.a ├── file list │ @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ │ --- 000 10 2015-06-24 12

Bug#1085257: diffoscope: Compare ar(1) archives

2024-10-17 Thread Alejandro Colomar
Package: diffoscope Version: 280 Severity: wishlist Tags: upstream X-Debbugs-Cc: a...@kernel.org Dear Maintainer, It would be nice to be able to compare ar(1) archives. Have a lovely day! Alex -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstabl