From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 2 20:16:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4021A16A4CE for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 20:16:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail22.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail22.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCD1E43D1D for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 20:16:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 9324 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2005 20:16:09 -0000 Received: from server.baldwin.cx ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 2 Apr 2005 20:16:09 -0000 Received: from [192.168.0.15] (osx.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.15]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j32KG3ZT043306; Sat, 2 Apr 2005 15:16:03 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) In-Reply-To: <200504020126.16738.max@love2party.net> References: <424B3AAB.6090200@wadham.ox.ac.uk> <424DC747.4020604@wadham.ox.ac.uk> <200504020126.16738.max@love2party.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <4880d4c8fa4f5a350a0072ab1574ecc9@FreeBSD.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Baldwin Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 15:16:02 -0500 To: Max Laier X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx cc: Dan Nelson cc: Garance A Drosihn cc: Colin Percival cc: lists@mhoerich.de cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Adding bsdiff to the base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 20:16:10 -0000 On Apr 1, 2005, at 6:26 PM, Max Laier wrote: > On Saturday 02 April 2005 00:12, Colin Percival wrote: >>>> In the last episode (Apr 01), Mario Hoerich said: >>>>> Not that it's important, but the names probably aren't the best >>>>> possible choice, as 'bsdiff' seems to suggest 'BSD licensed diff'. >> >> No, it would be "BSD licensed iff". :-) >> >>> At 9:28 AM -0600 4/1/05, Dan Nelson wrote: >>>> Yes, that's what I assumed this thread was about for the first >>>> couple posts. bdiff/bpatch sound like better names. What's the >>>> 's' stand for? >> >> Err... nothing. Or rather, I'm not sure what it stands for. I was >> looking for a name for a diff tool which worked on "binary software" >> (or >> more generally, files with lots of "byte-substitutions"), and which >> uses >> "bytewise subtraction" as part of its encoding process... (I'm sure >> you >> can think of other possible meanings of "bs", as well.) > > Though it's "*B*inary *S*mall diff" ... and I like that name! Heh, that's what I thought the "bs" stood for at first as well given that that is bs{diff,patch}'s claim to fame. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org