Goswin von Brederlow wrote: [snip] > >> very hard (figure out how to make a minimal diff > >> from the daylies) or you need every days Packages file (apt-dupdate > >> does that). > > > > It is not "very hard" to re-diff a few files to incorporate the changes > > between old and new Packages file. > > Then how do you do it? If you don't store the Packages files then all > you have are the diffs. That means you have a series of "remove x-y" > and "insert 'text' @ x" blocks. I don't call it simple to figure out > all the overlaps and to generate new delete and insert blocks for it. > > Is there any program in Debian to do this for ed script style diffs?
patch -e Thiemo
