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diff --git a/utils/bsdiff/DETAILS b/utils/bsdiff/DETAILS new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..c90da587aa --- /dev/null +++ b/utils/bsdiff/DETAILS @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ + SPELL=bsdiff + VERSION=4.3 + SOURCE=$SPELL-$VERSION.tar.gz +SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL-$VERSION + SOURCE_URL[0]=http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/$SOURCE + SOURCE_GPG="gurus.gpg:${SOURCE}.sig" + WEB_SITE=http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/ + ENTERED=20120408 + LICENSE[0]= + KEYWORDS="utils" + SHORT="Diff program that works on binaries." +cat << EOF +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. +EOF |