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Re: does cvs reduce size of executables?


From: Neelay Thaker
Subject: Re: does cvs reduce size of executables?
Date: 30 Jun 2006 15:44:30 -0700
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Thanks, using the -kb option makes it work.

-Neelay.

Wiest, Damian wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Neelay Thaker [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 4:23 PM
> > To: address@hidden
> > Subject: does cvs reduce size of executables?
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I have a working tethereal executable. When I try to add it
> > to the cvs repository, it's size gets reduced as shown below.
> > I even tried removing the current tethereal and then adding
> > it again, but when I execute a "cvs commit" the size of the
> > tethereal executable gets
> > reduced-
> > address@hidden tethereal]$ ls -l tethereal -rwxr-xr-x  1
> > neelay wheel 33277880 Jun 30 14:10 tethereal address@hidden
> > tethereal]$ cvs add tethereal cvs add: scheduling file
> > `tethereal' for addition on branch `THIRDPARTY'
> > cvs add: use 'cvs commit' to add this file permanently
> > address@hidden tethereal]$ ls -l tethereal -rwxr-xr-x  1
> > neelay wheel 33277880 Jun 30 14:10 tethereal address@hidden
> > tethereal]$ cvs commit tethereal
> > ** INFO ** commit not subject to validation RCS file:
> > /usr/cvs/tethereal/Attic/tethereal,v
> > done
> > Checking in tethereal;
> > /usr/cvs/tethereal/Attic/tethereal,v  <--  tethereal new
> > revision: 1.1.2.1; previous revision: 1.1 done address@hidden
> > tethereal]$ ls -l tethereal -rwxr-xr-x  1 neelay wheel
> > 33277672 Jun 30 14:11 tethereal As seen above, the size of
> > tethereal goes down from 33277880 to
> > 33277672 after I did a cvs commit.
> > Any idea why this happens? This causes the new tethereal to
> > exit on "Segmentation Fault".
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Neelay.
> >
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> Did you remember to specify that this is a binary file when you added it?
> http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.22/cvs_9.html#SEC79
>
> -Damian
>
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