Re: To download only difference between installed version of a package and its new version
On 2009-06-06 19:33 +0200, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:08, Sthu Deus <sthu.deus@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is it possible for any package manager to download only difference between
>> installed version of a package and its new version?
>
> I believe rpm recently grew a delta-rpm ability, but it is not the
> default, and it hardly helps dpkg/apt users.
There is Andrea Mennucci's debdelta¹ which should about provide the
functionality of delta-rpm, however it is not very well integrated with
apt. And the deltas are stored on a non-Debian server which may not
have the greatest bandwith.
Still, for people with a slow Internet connection tracking testing or
unstable it is probably worth a try.
Sven
¹ http://packages.debian.org/debdelta
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