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Package: bsdiff (4.3-6)

generate/apply a patch between two binary files

bsdiff and bspatch are tools for building and applying patches to binary files. By using suffix sorting (specifically, Larsson and Sadakane's qsufsort) and taking advantage of how executable files change, bsdiff routinely produces binary patches 50-80% smaller than those produced by Xdelta, and 15% smaller than those produced by .RTPatch (a commercial patch tool).

Tags: Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Synchronisation

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alpha 13.2 kB88 kB [list of files]
amd64 12.5 kB84 kB [list of files]
arm 12.3 kB80 kB [list of files]
armel 12.3 kB80 kB [list of files]
hppa 12.9 kB84 kB [list of files]
i386 12.0 kB76 kB [list of files]
ia64 16.0 kB104 kB [list of files]
mips 12.9 kB88 kB [list of files]
mipsel 12.9 kB88 kB [list of files]
powerpc 15.9 kB92 kB [list of files]
s390 13.1 kB80 kB [list of files]
sparc 12.4 kB80 kB [list of files]