hi, On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 01:25:35PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > On Tuesday 27 Oct 2009 12:48:21 Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > xdelta3 is in the list of recommends > > > Many users still use apt-get. So, it would be good to keep apt-get from > Dependency point of view.
apt-get does install recommends packages by default (unless you specify --no-install-recommends , or set a conf variable) example # dpkg -p libgpod4 | grep Recomm # apt-get install libgpod4 ... The following extra packages will be installed: libgpod-common ... so most people will have 'xdelta3' 'bsdiff' etc etc installed in their box > > when creating deltas, you can choose the --delta-algo, > > and the default is not xdelta3, it is bsdiff > > > No. I didn't set anything myself. xdelta3 was chosen by (default) itself. If > it wasn't the default, bsdiff should have been used automatically instead. There is a misunderstanding. To create delta files, you use '/usr/bin/debdelta' or '/usr/bin/debdeltas'. When creating deltas, you can choose the --delta-algo, and the default is not xdelta3, it is bsdiff . Once the delta is created, anybody that wants to apply it will need that backend that was specified when creating it. (You can obtain details regarding a delta using 'debpatch --info') Currently in my server I use '--delta-algo xdelta3' for the unstable repository, so anybody tracking 'unstable' and running '/usr/bin/debdelta-upgrade' will need 'xdelta3' Currently in my server I use '--delta-algo bsdiff' for the stable-security repository, so anybody tracking 'stable' and running '/usr/bin/debdelta-upgrade' will need 'bsdiff' (Those may change in the near future... I have some neat ideas). a. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
