> -----Original Message----- > From: rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart D. Gathman > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 12:59 > To: General discussion about the RPM package manager > Subject: Re: Partial RPMs possible ? > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2011, Tim T. wrote: > > > I'm trying to develop a patch application for a client. > This client > > is ... > > Also, does anybody have any suggestions for a good patch strategy ? > > (Application consists of a number of packages, some of > which contain a > > large number of files. How do I minimize the amount of data > I need to > > push to a remote machine, over a very expensive link ?) > > Deltarpm is the way Fedora solved this problem. See if you > can use that. > > http://gitorious.org/deltarpm/deltarpm Nice, very nice. > > "makedeltarpm oldrpm newrpm deltarpm" takes 2 rpms, and > creates a drpm with the differences. > > "applydeltarpm -r oldrpm deltarpm newrpm" creates a standard > rpm from the previous version (either a copy of the old rpm > or the installed data). > > -- > Stuart D. Gathman <stuart@xxxxxxxx> > Business Management Systems Inc. Phone: 703 591-0911 > Fax: 703 591-6154 "Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus > addictis" - background song for a Microsoft sponsored "Where > do you want to go from here?" commercial. > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
