On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Jody McIntyre wrote: > I personally think that this is an excellent idea that should be implemented > in dpkg. I > realize that it is not being done with the main distribution to allow mirrors > to save disk > space. However, adding this capability would allow other groups (e.g. > Helixcode) to > offer differential updates if they wanted. So why not add it?
<sarcasm> I just took 10 minutes, and added this feature to dpkg(as well as dpkg-dev), dinstall(dak), and apt. You can expect to start seeing a new file on the mirrors, called .debiff. </sarcasm> I see no reason for this to be in base-line dpkg. If these other locations want to have this feature, then why can't these other locations develop the infrastructure to support it? ----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK---- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s: a-- c+++ UL++++ P+ L++++ !E W+ M o+ K- W--- !O M- !V PS-- PE++ Y+ PGP++ t* 5++ X+ tv b+ D++ G e h*! !r z? -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- ----BEGIN PGP INFO---- Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Finger Print | KeyID 67 01 42 93 CA 37 FB 1E 63 C9 80 1D 08 CF 84 0A | DE656B05 PGP AD46 C888 F587 F8A3 A6DA 3261 8A2C 7DC2 8BD4 A489 | 8BD4A489 GPG -----END PGP INFO-----
