There used to be this tool, deltup, that was providing binary patches given what versions you have already downloaded and what you are trying to download, which sounds like something that would answer your question.
However, the project have somehow become quiet, probably as the bandwidth and data volumes are no longer such an issue. On 29/07/14 12:08, behrouz khosravi wrote: > hello everyone. > I was trying to emerge chromium and I noticed that it should download > about 200 Mb, and no wonder cause it is source files, not binary executable. > However I wanted to know that if a new version of chromium comes out, an > update will download another 200 Mb or just a diff files to patch the > altered files ? (I am a new user and I have not experienced that situation!) > Regards
