checksrc

commit: 73023c7944d5064569507fea039818efb1c5b705
parent d0e85eb19f40f9595035fd2dd8cf407f916ff319
Author: Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact@hacktivis.me>
Date:   Wed, 24 Sep 2025 08:12:00 +0200

README: add "Difference with other tools"

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@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ is found, to detect cases like `shar(1)` archives where the start
 of the file looks like regular code.
 So `checksrc` can take much longer depending on the payloads.
 
+## Difference with other tools
+
+Debian suspicious-source:  Python; Only checks for files not matching
+a list of libmagic-detected MIME types and file extensions.
+
+<https://github.com/fosslinux/problematic-source>: Python; Only checks
+for known strings of code generators and some generic ones,
+also bases itself on libmagic-detected MIME types.
+
 ## Detections
 ### Minor
 Throws a warning but doesn't stops reading the file: