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| author | Marco Bonetti <sid77@slackware.it> | 2010-03-03 14:16:11 -0600 |
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| committer | Erik Hanson <erik@slackbuilds.org> | 2010-05-13 13:23:30 +0200 |
| commit | 25605efd7e981d69afc8f7a41e1e08f91797f13f (patch) | |
| tree | 4245333bd034c5fbcf344802e3cacfbbf105b794 /development/bsdiff/slack-desc | |
| parent | 713d0adb8a892fcc64d8d33d62b6f2ca966ca18e (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-25605efd7e981d69afc8f7a41e1e08f91797f13f.tar.gz | |
development/bsdiff: Added.
bsdiff and bspatch are tools for building and applying patches to
binary files. Thanks to Marco Bonetti.
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/development/bsdiff/slack-desc b/development/bsdiff/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2809c57445 --- /dev/null +++ b/development/bsdiff/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' +# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must +# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +bsdiff: bsdiff (binary diff/patch utility) +bsdiff: +bsdiff: bsdiff and bspatch are tools for building and applying patches to +bsdiff: binary files. By using suffix sorting (specifically, Larsson and +bsdiff: Sadakane's qsufsort) and taking advantage of how executable files +bsdiff: change, bsdiff routinely produces binary patches 50-80% smaller than +bsdiff: those produced by Xdelta, and 15% smaller than those produced by +bsdiff: .RTPatch (a $2750/seat commercial patch tool). +bsdiff: +bsdiff: +bsdiff: |