Why don't the checksums match across systems for the same binary file provided by same version of package?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Have different checksums between systems. How can this be?
  • The checksum (md5sum, sha512sum etc.) for two binary files is different on two system even though the package version is same.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

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