Bug#457968: diff reports binary file differences, which are highly unlikely

2008-01-08 Thread Tim Blechmann
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 12:08 +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Tim Blechmann wrote: > > > > What do you mean by "large binary files"? Does it happen with files > > > smaller than 2GB? > > > > definitely smaller than 2gb ... `large binary files' are flac-encoded > > audio files of

Bug#457968: diff reports binary file differences, which are highly unlikely

2008-01-08 Thread Santiago Vila
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Tim Blechmann wrote: > > What do you mean by "large binary files"? Does it happen with files > > smaller than 2GB? > > definitely smaller than 2gb ... `large binary files' are flac-encoded > audio files of several hundred mb ... That's good news, as it means most probably t

Bug#457968: diff reports binary file differences, which are highly unlikely

2007-12-27 Thread Tim Blechmann
> What do you mean by "large binary files"? Does it happen with files > smaller than 2GB? definitely smaller than 2gb ... `large binary files' are flac-encoded audio files of several hundred mb ... > Does it happen with diff 2.8.7 in experimental? > What about "cmp -l file1 file2"? will check t

Bug#457968: diff reports binary file differences, which are highly unlikely

2007-12-27 Thread Santiago Vila
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Tim Blechmann wrote: > Package: diff > Version: 2.8.1-12 > Severity: important > > when copying large binary files from one partition to another, i used > diff to verify, that copying the data worked correctly. diff reports > 'binary files differ' for a few files, though. >

Bug#457968: diff reports binary file differences, which are highly unlikely

2007-12-27 Thread Tim Blechmann
Package: diff Version: 2.8.1-12 Severity: important when copying large binary files from one partition to another, i used diff to verify, that copying the data worked correctly. diff reports 'binary files differ' for a few files, though. comparing the file checksums, the files don't differ, thou