At 04:39 PM 3/5/99 +0200, Raider wrote [abridged]:

>       And because I said about dumb question here is one: I downloaded
>ipfwadm as source (tar.gz) and as executables (rpm).  Now, after
>compilation, the result of the compilation was a couple of k's smaller
>than the exacutable from the rpm.  How come?

Could be for any number of reasons. Version difference in the source.
Version difference in the compiler (or gcc vs. egcs difference). Different
compiler switches (e.g., the optimization flag). Assuming the dowmloads are
from a trusted site, I wouldn't be concerned. 

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