Bug#21232: marked as done (binary diffs)
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.22
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i very much like the fact that debian can be updated quickly and easily
through the internet. i heavliy use this feature. (i do not even have a
debian CDROM)
but daily downloads of very many megabytes are not possible with my modem.
and i think i am not the only person with slow modems :-)
i'd like the possibility to have binary diffs.
problem: if you have something like dpkg-1.3.0.22-to-1.3.0.23.deb, you
also need dpkg-1.3.0.22.deb otherwise you cannot "apply" the diff.
this would be no problem to me, since i have a squid cache. so getting
already downloaded packages again is no problem. (this is not the case
with dpkg-ftp, though) (i use dpkg-http)
but even the users of dpkg-ftp needn't delete their downloaded packages,
so diffs can be applied.
so... the thing is technically possible.
of course the diffs must patch against the uncompressed .deb files :-)
you could use "xdelta" to produce and apply binary diffs..
it would be great, if dpkg-ftp and dpkg-http would learn to get the diff,
if possible.
of course "old" diffs must be erased, otherwise Ftp servers will be
trashed with 100000 diffs :)
byebye
Erik
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In two years a viable means of doing this has not been found, I don't
think this is anything apt can deal with.
Jason
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