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Re: A 'diff' eq for binaries?



>>>>> "Pavel" == Pavel M Penev <kal_pav@sz.techno-link.com> writes:

    Pavel> 10X a lot. My idea it to ask you if you are plannig to use
    Pavel> it for upgrading .deb-s.

There have been a few attempts to do this in the past; the main
problem is that if you use xdeltas, you have to provide an xdelta
between *EVERY* prior version and the current version, or else
they still have to download the entire .deb over again.

Ben

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