On 2009-06-06 19:33 +0200, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:08, Sthu Deus <sthu.d...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Is it possible for any package manager to download only difference between >> installed version of a package and its new version? > > I believe rpm recently grew a delta-rpm ability, but it is not the > default, and it hardly helps dpkg/apt users.
There is Andrea Mennucci's debdelta¹ which should about provide the functionality of delta-rpm, however it is not very well integrated with apt. And the deltas are stored on a non-Debian server which may not have the greatest bandwith. Still, for people with a slow Internet connection tracking testing or unstable it is probably worth a try. Sven ¹ http://packages.debian.org/debdelta -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
