Re: A 'diff' eq for binaries?

["J.A. Bezemer" <costar@panic.et.tudelft.nl>]

On 17 Jul 2000, Ben Gertzfield wrote:

> >>>>> "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.

Another (better) approach would be using rsync. However, that would require
un-zipped .debs at either end.


Regards,
  Anne Bezemer