Characters ">" in code-tags

The forum-software changes the content of the following code:

prompt> hexdump -Cv /path_to_dev_lib/GP/FRRX000N.NGN > FRRX000N.dev
prompt> hexdump -Cv /path_to_prod_lib/GP/FRRX000N.NGN > FRRX000N.prod
prompt> diff FRRX000N.dev FRRX000N.prod
2,3c2,3
< 00000010  ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 08  00 12 06 01 01 16 00 00  |................|
< 00000020  46 52 52 58 30 30 30 4e  c2 35 ad 80 bc bc a0 00  |FRRX000N.5......|
---
> 00000010  ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 08  00 12 06 01 01 05 00 00  |................|
> 00000020  46 52 52 58 30 30 30 4e  bc 4e 8f a5 2a 99 a0 00  |FRRX000N.N..*...|
43c43
< 000002a0  31 30 47 65 6e 65 72 69  63 5f 31 32 30 30 00 00  |10Generic_1200..|
---
> 000002a0  38 47 65 6e 65 72 69 63  5f 31 30 38 35 32 00 00  |8Generic_10852..|
57c57
< 00000380  20 20 41 ad 80 bc 60 a0  00 00 20 20 20 20 20 20  |  A...`...      |
---
> 00000380  20 20 41 4e 8f a5 2a 5d  e0 00 20 20 20 20 20 20  |  AN..*]..      |
69c69
< 00000440  20 20 20 20 20 20 41 ad  80 bc 60 a0 00 00 20 20  |      A...`...  |
---
> 00000440  20 20 20 20 20 20 41 4e  8f a5 2a 5d e0 00 20 20  |      AN..*]..  |

I think you’re right. The code could vary - but in most cases it doesn’t. I did some hexdumps and diffs on some GPs and most differences are like that (screendump of my shell):

prompt> hexdump -Cv /path_to_dev_lib/GP/FRRX000N.NGN > FRRX000N.dev
prompt> hexdump -Cv /path_to_prod_lib/GP/FRRX000N.NGN > FRRX000N.prod
prompt> diff FRRX000N.dev FRRX000N.prod
2,3c2,3
< 00000010  ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 08  00 12 06 01 01 16 00 00  |................|
<00000020> 00000010  ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 08  00 12 06 01 01 05 00 00  |................|
> 00000020  46 52 52 58 30 30 30 4e  bc 4e 8f a5 2a 99 a0 00  |FRRX000N.N..*...|
43c43
<000002a0> 000002a0  38 47 65 6e 65 72 69 63  5f 31 30 38 35 32 00 00  |8Generic_10852..|
57c57
<00000380> 00000380  20 20 41 4e 8f a5 2a 5d  e0 00 20 20 20 20 20 20  |  AN..*]..      |
69c69
<00000440> 00000440  20 20 20 20 20 20 41 4e  8f a5 2a 5d e0 00 20 20  |      AN..*]..  |

Differences are:

  • natural Patchlevel (hexdump-line 010)
  • the modules timestamp (hexdump-line 020)
  • the OS-Version (hexdump-line 2a0)
  • another timestamp (hexdump-line 380)
  • another timestamp (hexdump-line 440)

The only thing I’ve done is a stow on FRRX000N.dev. FRRX000N.prod is from 2005-01-30. And my conclusion: The code itself is identical.

The problem remains: Natural-Patchlevel and the module’s time stamp is on a fixed position inside the GP. The OS-Version and the timestamps are “variable”.

Please note, that the code of the 1st post was identical to the 2nd.

#2 is wrong

Very confusing…