Bug#487131: O: librsync -- Binary diff tool for signature-based differences
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
The current maintainer of librsync, Simon Law <sfllaw@debian.org>,
is apparently not active anymore. Therefore, I orphan this package
now. If you want to be the new maintainer, please take it -- see
http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/index.html#howto-o for detailed
instructions how to adopt a package properly.
Some information about this package:
Package: librsync
Binary: librsync1, librsync-dev, rdiff
Version: 0.9.7-1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Maintainer: Simon Law <sfllaw@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 4.0.0), libpopt-dev (>= 1.6.2), zlib1g-dev, libbz2-dev
Architecture: any
Standards-Version: 3.6.1.1
Format: 1.0
Directory: pool/main/libr/librsync
Files: 9b57763896384e16d5beecb4cce12ba8 633 librsync_0.9.7-1.dsc
24cdb6b78f45e0e83766903fd4f6bc84 453802 librsync_0.9.7.orig.tar.gz
2de0d8ebec8835fcc9b254e787dd830b 7409 librsync_0.9.7-1.diff.gz
Package: librsync-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 136
Maintainer: Simon Law <sfllaw@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: librsync
Version: 0.9.7-1
Depends: librsync1 (= 0.9.7-1), libc6-dev
Filename: pool/main/libr/librsync/librsync-dev_0.9.7-1_i386.deb
Size: 32532
MD5sum: c39806e8f0fb8cd67259223f56503697
SHA1: e9e7d234435e94b0d36b00d1f81f86d9223f1873
SHA256: 123f3a73266a15f1ef74b695061bfafe8eace567fea709b0406725c493f3818a
Description: Library which implements the rsync remote-delta algorithm
librsync implements the rsync remote-delta algorithm, which allows
for efficient remote updates of a file, without requiring the old
and new versions to both be present at the transmitter. The library
uses a stream-based designed so that it can be easily embedded into
network applications.
.
These are the development files for librsync1.
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Package: librsync1
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 132
Maintainer: Simon Law <sfllaw@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: librsync
Version: 0.9.7-1
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libpopt0 (>= 1.7), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1)
Filename: pool/main/libr/librsync/librsync1_0.9.7-1_i386.deb
Size: 36442
MD5sum: b978e88efb2766a1c3ea641738f2f53b
SHA1: 5c7881b208c96d3f74dd83522b046ff01fa79b97
SHA256: 639a99da6871f8f00125e3d909636ebea2d0794ea7ffa315ce083259859177e5
Description: Library which implements the rsync remote-delta algorithm
librsync implements the rsync remote-delta algorithm, which allows
for efficient remote updates of a file, without requiring the old
and new versions to both be present at the transmitter. The library
uses a stream-based designed so that it can be easily embedded into
network applications.
.
The main application at the moment is rproxy, but the library should
eventually be generally useful.
Tag: devel::library, role::shared-lib, works-with::file
Package: rdiff
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 64
Maintainer: Simon Law <sfllaw@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Source: librsync
Version: 0.9.7-1
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libpopt0 (>= 1.7), librsync1 (>= 0.9.6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1)
Filename: pool/main/libr/librsync/rdiff_0.9.7-1_i386.deb
Size: 12510
MD5sum: c1e31e8b1cc5d3172a7d21189fdfd518
SHA1: f2b2ffd81c29788c513d96a12cda6ae6af43fd8a
SHA256: 3e2b873155e4e239ef6632905f4e47822bf807a1034255813729c2c2a1c16179
Description: Binary diff tool for signature-based differences
rdiff is a little like diff and patch all rolled into one, with support
for binary files. Since it takes advantage of the rsync remote-delta
algorithm, you do not need the source file in the same place as your
destination file.
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To use it, you generate a "signature" of the original file and copy the
signature (which is very small) to the same location as the modified
file. Then you generate a "delta" which describes the changes required
to turn the source file into the modified file. The small delta file
can then be used to "patch" the original file, to transform it into the
modified file.
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, security::integrity, works-with::file
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