Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> For some time now (as in around a year) you can update your Packages >> files by downloading only the differences (ed script format diff) to >> your local file. Using that daily updates go down from the full 3+MB >> (2+Mb with bz2 now) to ~10K per day. > > Really? I don't see it documented in, e.g. the sources.list manpage. > Google finds only an open bug requesting the feature. Nor do I find any > diffs at, e.g., > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/binary-i386/
The method isn't integrated into the DAK nor into apt. You can download the scripts to update Packages per diff from http://ftp-master.debian.org/~ajt/apt-qupdate http://ftp-master.debian.org/~ajt/untiffani The ed scripts itself are provided by Andreas Barth currently on (defined in apt-qupdate) http://merkel.debian.org/~aba/debian MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
