Package: debdelta
Version: 0.39trl
Severity: wishlist
A recent thread about 'debdelta' raised a question about
whether 'debdelta-upgrade' sources from apt's package cache
or one's running Debian system:
secipolla Posted: Jul 24, 10, 8:28
apt-get clean is fine
http://techpatterns.com/forums/about1590-10.html
...according to Secipolla there, 'debdelta-upgrade' didn't use
/var/cache/apt/archives.
it sourced from the running system. I recently read some 'debdelta'
README files, but don't recall the question being addressed. (But maybe I
missed something.)
For 'localepurge' users, the cached package is more complete than the
running system. Is it feasible for 'debdelta-upgrade' to do something
like:
1) check local system. Has package been localepurge'd?
a) yes: check apt's package cache then. If currently installed .deb
file version is still cached, fetch missing locale files from
that.
b) no: complain as before.
(BTW, I discovered 'debdelta' yesterday, and love it! I still like
'localepurge', but I uninstalled it to make 'debdelta' run better --
I've more HD space & less spare bandwidth. It'd be nice if both
programs cooperated better.)
Hope this helps...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages debdelta depends on:
ii binutils 2.20.1-12 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii python 2.5.4-9 An interactive high-level object-o
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages debdelta recommends:
ii bsdiff 4.3-10 generate/apply a patch between two
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
ii python-apt 0.7.96.1 Python interface to libapt-pkg
pn xdelta <none> (no description available)
ii xdelta3 0y.dfsg-1 A diff utility which works with bi
debdelta suggests no packages.
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