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What is the test that it's failing? That's a big hint right there.

Also, you can do something like

Code:

strings devbinary > strings.dev
strings buildbinary > strings.build
diff -u strings.dev strings.build

Another thing, your system can prelink binaries, which results in a change to the binary itself, so if the md5sum of the binary on both boxes is different, it might only be because of the prelinker. See man prelink.

Lastly you might want to try:

Code:

rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}" | sort > rpmlist.hostname

on both hosts and then diff the results.

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mk-build-deps

MK-BUILD-DEPS(1)                                                                                                                  MK-BUILD-DEPS(1)

NAME

       mk-build-deps - build a package satisfying a package's build-dependencies

SYNOPSIS

       mk-build-deps --help|--version

       mk-build-deps [options] control file | package name ...

DESCRIPTION

       Given a package name and/or control file, mk-build-deps will use equivs to generate a binary package which may be installed to satisfy all
       the build dependencies of the given package.

       If --build-dep and/or --build-indep are given, then the resulting binary package(s) will depend solely on the
       Build-Depends/Build-Depends-Indep dependencies, respectively.

OPTIONS

       -i, --install
           Install the generated packages and its build-dependencies.

       -t, --tool
           When installing the generated package use the specified tool.  (default: apt-get --no-install-recommends)

       -r, --remove
           Remove the package file after installing it. Ignored if used without the --install switch.

       -a foo, --arch foo
           If the source package has architecture-specific build dependencies, produce a package for architecture foo, not for the system
           architecture. (If the source package does not have architecture-specific build dependencies, the package produced is always for the
           pseudo-architecture all.)

       -B, --build-dep
           Generate a package which only depends on the source package's Build-Depends dependencies.

       -A, --build-indep
           Generate a package which only depends on the source package's Build-Depends-Indep dependencies.

       -h, --help
           Show a summary of options.

       -v, --version
           Show version and copyright information.

       -s, --root-cmd
           Use the specified tool to gain root privileges before installing.  Ignored if used without the --install switch.

AUTHOR

       mk-build-deps is copyright by Vincent Fourmond and was modified for the devscripts package by Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>.

       This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  You are free to redistribute this code under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
       version 2 or later.

Debian Utilities                                                    2013-12-23                                                    MK-BUILD-DEPS(1)

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