Re: A 'diff' eq for binaries?
On 17 Jul 2000, Ingo Ruhnke wrote:
> "Pavel M. Penev" <kal_pav@sz.techno-link.com> writes:
>
> > Can someone tell me a sensible reason for not having a 'diff'
> > equivalent for binary files?
>
> $ man xdelta
> ,----
> | DESCRIPTION
> | XDelta provides the ability to generate deltas between a
> | pair of files and later apply those deltas. It operates
> | similar to the diff and patch commands, but works on
> | binary files and does not produce a human readable output.
> | [...]
> `----
10X a lot. My idea it to ask you if you are plannig to use it for
upgrading .deb-s.
Sincerely,
Pavel M. Penev
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