Re: [9fans] broken vac

[rog@vitanuova.com]

axel:
> I tried: cmp /proc/number/text /bin/vac
> which did not report differences; is that what I need,
> or will the text file point to the new binary if I update
> the binary on the system?

russ:
> The cmp is fine.   You have the latest vac.
> Something else is wrong.

actually, i'm not sure that's right.  the text file just points to the
file on the filesystem, so unless that's been removed/renamed in the
meantime (safeinstall?)  the cmp is unlikely to tell you much.
looking in the dump might be more informative.

  cheers,
    rog.

% cat tst.c
#include <u.h>
#include <libc.h>
void
main(void)
{
	sleep(2000000);
}
% 8c tst.c && 8l tst.8
% 8.out &
% echo $apid
600
% md5sum /proc/600/text
416079107feb6f50ad2204838f6a49c2	/proc/600/text
% ed tst.c
,s/2000/1000/p
	sleep(1000000);
w
70
q
% % 8c tst.c && 8l tst.8
% md5sum /proc/600/text
15d26908dcf5ee6a2919a255cd1f2a02	/proc/600/text
% md5sum 8.out
15d26908dcf5ee6a2919a255cd1f2a02	8.out
%