[sdiy] Comparing two compiled hex files

[S Ridley]

Windows hex files use CR LF for line endings, Unix etc just uses line feed.



On 19 June 2018 at 09:40, Justin Owen <juzowen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello - I hope this isn’t too OT...
>
> I’ve recently set up a gitlab repo to give a few different devs access to
> code assets. I’m not a coder - so this is all still new to me.
>
> I thought a good proof of concept that the new, cloned repos on other devs
> machines were working as expected would be for them to compile/build a hex
> file from existing code and for me to compare their file against the
> ‘master’ production file using an online utility e.g.
> https://www.diffnow.com/
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> One of the compiled files comes up as a match using this method - but the
> file I’ve built doesn’t. However, the file I’ve built uploads to a test
> device in a couple of ways and seems to work just fine.
>
> So now I’m trying to troubleshoot this.
>
> Is my theory flawed? Is it possible that hex files from the same code
> built on different machines/OS/other variables will work but won’t be an
> exact file <-> file match?
>
> Is there a reasonably simple way of isolating what the differences are -
> currently I just have big chunks of hex and I have no way of knowing if
> these are serious differences or something negligible.
>
> Thanks!
>
> / Justin
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