On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 03:42:43PM -0500, Michel Salim wrote: > On 3/21/06, Joe Desbonnet <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have just tried the 'makedeltaiso' utility in the SuSE deltarpm 3.3 > > package . I was able to produce a FC5 i386 DVD ISO, Test3 -> Final > > delta in only 300MB (10% of the size of the ISO). xdelta didn't > > produce any savings. > > > > Sounds quite useful to create smaller "Service Packs" - if I were to > install FC5 in a few months' time, say. > > How well does deltarpm handle pre- and post- (un)install scripts?
The deltas are used to re-create the full rpm packages, so no information is lost if you use them. regards, Florian La Roche
