Thanks for your thoughts Matej. Why do you think it is a poor idea?
My motivation for doing this with quilt is I want to keep things simple by having 1 tool to handle source/text patches and binary patches. I do not care if the diff algorithm is smart enough to reduce the size of the patch. I only care that after the patch is applied the resulting binary is exactly what I expect. Kind regards, Aidan On Wed, 14 Aug 2024, 14:02 Matěj Cepl, <mc...@cepl.eu> wrote: > On Wed Aug 14, 2024 at 2:52 PM CEST, Matěj Cepl wrote: > > Using text-oriented diffutils (like the GNU ones) for binary patches is > > most likely very poor idea. Spend some time with the preferred Internet > > search engine on the search “binary patch”. > > Actually, > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1945075/how-do-i-create-binary-patches > seems to be relevant. > > Matěj > > -- > http://matej.ceplovi.cz/blog/, @mcepl@floss.social > GPG Finger: 3C76 A027 CA45 AD70 98B5 BC1D 7920 5802 880B C9D8 > > We have been called to form consciences, not to replace them. > -- Pope Francis in Amoris Lætitia, 37 > >
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