Launchpad Bug Tracker writes ("[Bug 155329] Massive, meaningless updates"):
>   Why does dpkg not support a patch process that can generate
> patch debs based on binary comparison (whole files, not binary patching;
> though binary patching might improve things further when one line of
> code gets a change)?

Because it is a hard problem to ensure that the results are always
right.  Doing this would be the kind of task addressed through the
spec process, not through a bug report.

Ian.

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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