On Fri, 9 Feb 2007 14:12:46 +0100 Marcus Blumhagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 10:13:41PM +0200, Alexander Shulgin wrote: [...] > > I've downloaded all of it anyway, but now I wonder how could a minor > > fix affect _that_ much so I need to download all of this stuff? Am > > I the only one who experience such a problem? > > Since all those packages needed to be upgraded they all had to be > completely downloaded. AFAIK There is no (not yet?) such thing as > incremental upgrades or binary patches. Anytime a package needs an > upgrade it is done by downloading its complete new version. [...] Interestingly, SuSE used to issue updates in the form of "patch rpm" files (*.prpm). These files used to contain only the updated contents of the corresponding package, and enough metadata to merge the update into the RPM database. I have no idea whether they still do this, and I have never seen anything like it in the .deb world. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
