Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 04:59:05 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding bsdiff to the base system Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050401045710.51321C-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <424B3AAB.6090200@wadham.ox.ac.uk>
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Colin Percival wrote: > I'd like to add bsdiff/bspatch into the base system. I initially > wrote these as part of FreeBSD Update, but I'm now also using them in > portsnap, and bspatch has been part of the OS X base system for most of > the past year as a result of being used by their patches. I think this would be a useful addition. They're very handy, and are nice "atomic" tools that can be used to build more complex solutions in the traditional UNIX style. Robert N M Watson
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