Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 09:38:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM> To: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Delta packages Message-ID: <201405151638.s4FGcpk8075877@kithrup.com>
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>It is my understanding that pkgng keeps the old packages in >/var/cache/pkg. Wouldn't it be easier to implement delta packages as >binpatches between the decompressed tar streams of the two package versions? That is a cache only, and cannot be counted upon. And in our environment, we are not going to keep the package file around after it's been installed.home | help
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