Binary diffs for deb files

[Krzysztof Lichota]

Matt Zimmerman napisał(a):
>> 2. The diffs themselves could be signed
> 
> Any stream of bytes can be signed.
> 
> Here are some examples of cases you haven't considered:
> 
> - The user doesn't have a copy of the original .deb from the installation
>   media (these aren't saved on the system)
> 
> - The original installed package may have been superseded by a security or
>   bugfix update
> 
> - Users who incrementally upgrade during development releases

Suse has been using delta-rpms for a long time now. Why don't you just
check how they solved these problems? I guess in RPMs problems were similar.

Regards

	Krzysztof Lichota


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