]] Peter Samuelson | [Yaroslav Halchenko] | > for HUGE DBs with frequent updates -- may be we could come up with data | > package chains -- i.e. with some base package version + sequence of | > dependent packages with binary deltas which get applied upon | > installation? e.g. | > | > data-blob-1.0.0 | > data-blob-1.0.0+1 | > data-blob-1.0.0+2 | | Sounds like you want a dpkg mode where you can pre-depend on a prior | version of your own package, and _not_ delete files that are shipped by | the base package that are not shipped by the 'delta deb'. Because of | this pre-dependency, you would not be able to install this deb as a new | install, it would have to be an upgrade.
Something like: Package: huge-dataset Depends: huge-dataset-base-2010-09-01, huge-dataset-patch-2010-09-10, huge-dataset-patch-2010-09-20, huge-dataset-patch-2010-09-30 And then have huge-dataset set up the data set and patch it as new versions are installed? -- Tollef Fog Heen UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/878w2i8j2l....@qurzaw.linpro.no
