On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 03:35:07PM -0700, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: > It sure would be neat if apt-get could just fetch the diffs. I'm sure > that 10MB mozilla package I just downloaded has a 1-line change in the > preferences file. > > Is there an outstanding fundamental reason why I shouldn't look into > making a diffs system for apt?
I think reason and situation are: 1) Debian or most Linux distributions are binary distribution. (Not like FreeBSD port system) 2) Debian provides diff.gz for minor source upgrade. So downloadsource instead and build locally. :-) This saves you with some download time between small incremental patches. "apt-get source" Cheers :-) -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + My debian quick-reference, http://www.aokiconsulting.com/quick/ +
