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Package: debdelta (0.36)

diff and patch utilities which work with Debian packages

debdelta is a program suite designed to compute changes between Debian packages. These changes (deltas) are similar to the output of the "diff" program in that they may be used to store and transmit only the changes between Debian packages.

This suite contains 'debdelta-upgrade', that downloads deltas and use them to create all Debian packages needed for an 'apt-get upgrade'. It may be used in a Debian/unstable host (to speed up download of new packages), or in a Debian/stable host (for security updates).

Similarly, when this package is installed, the 'cupt' package manager will use deltas to upgrade the host.

Tags: Implemented in: Python, Role: Program, Works with: Packaged Software

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 85.2 kB284 kB [list of files]
armel 84.1 kB352 kB [list of files]
hppa 84.4 kB352 kB [list of files]
i386 82.9 kB352 kB [list of files]
ia64 86.8 kB368 kB [list of files]
mips 83.8 kB352 kB [list of files]
mipsel 84.9 kB352 kB [list of files]
powerpc 86.5 kB360 kB [list of files]
s390 85.1 kB352 kB [list of files]
sparc 84.6 kB352 kB [list of files]