diff -ur anjuta-1.2.1.old/src/anjuta.h anjuta-1.2.1/src/anjuta.h
--- anjuta-1.2.1.old/src/anjuta.h	2004-01-07 09:25:31.000000000 -0800
+++ anjuta-1.2.1/src/anjuta.h	2004-02-25 21:30:15.454155680 -0800
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
 #include "file_history.h"
 #include "launcher.h"
 
+/* define this if you want anjuta to use cmp to
+   compare files */
+#undef USE_CMP
+
 #define g_strdup_printfs2(_FORMAT_, _STR_) \
 	{ \
 		assert(_STR_); g_strdup_printf(_FORMAT_, _STR_); \
diff -ur anjuta-1.2.1.old/src/utilities.c anjuta-1.2.1/src/utilities.c
--- anjuta-1.2.1.old/src/utilities.c	2003-09-28 23:57:00.000000000 -0700
+++ anjuta-1.2.1/src/utilities.c	2004-02-25 21:29:19.287694280 -0800
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail (src != NULL, FALSE);
 	g_return_val_if_fail (dest != NULL, FALSE);
-
+#ifdef USE_CMP
 	if (anjuta_is_installed ("cmp", FALSE) == TRUE)
 	{
 		pid_t pid;
@@ -1230,8 +1230,11 @@
 	}
 	else
 	{
+#endif
 		same = FALSE;
+#ifdef USE_CMP
 	}
+#endif
 	/* rename () can't work with 2 different filesystems, so we need
 	 to use the couple {copy, remove}. Meanwhile, the files to copy
 	 are supposed to be small, so it would spend more time to try