Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-09-09 Severity: wishlist * Package name : comparator Version : 1.0 Upstream Author : Eric S. Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : http://www.catb.org/~esr/comparator/ * License : see below Description : A program for quickly finding common sections in source trees
This is a program for rapidly finding common segments in large source-code trees. comparator chops the specified trees into overlapping shreds, computes the MD5 hash of each shred, and generates a report listing all cliques of lines with duplicate hashes. The program is capable of generating a hash list for a source code tree which can be used in place of the tree itself. Thus, it is possible to do comparisons with source trees without having access to the actual source code, providing someone who has access is willing to ship you a hash list. Note: there is no copyright statement anywhere in the source tree for comparator. Given the identity of the author, I think it's safe to assume he intends to give it some sort of open license, so I'll email him for details. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux wisteria 2.4.20-3-k7 #1 Sun Jul 27 21:10:39 EST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
