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Re: [opensuse-packaging] Patch RPM's and the -P option
  • From: Richard Bos <radoeka@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:41:44 +0100
  • Message-id: <200512012041.45044.radoeka@xxxxxxxxx>
Op woensdag 30 november 2005 23:26, schreef Christoph Thiel:
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Scott Lowrey wrote:
> > Thanks, Andreas. How, then, do I develop a patch RPM? Are there spec
> > file macros that tell rpmbuild that this is a patch?
>
> Basically you just need two different version of a package to create a
> patch from a to b. The creation of a patch rpm is done by a special
> program, which isn't publicly available to my knowledge - but AFAIK there
> are attempts to change this. Michael will know for sure ;)

linux:~ # rpm -qi deltarpm
Name : deltarpm Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 3.3 Vendor: SUSE LINUX Products
GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
Release : 0.1 Build Date: Tue Oct 11 15:30:17
2005
Install date: Sun Oct 30 10:42:22 2005 Build Host: vivaldi.suse.de
Group : System/Packages Source RPM:
deltarpm-3.3-0.1.src.rpm
Size : 534916 License: BSD
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Tue Oct 11 15:40:41 2005, Key ID a84edae89c800aca
Packager : http://www.suse.de/feedback
URL : ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/deltarpm
Summary : Tools to Create and Apply deltarpms
Description :
This package contains tools to create and apply deltarpms. A deltarpm
contains the difference between an old and a new version of an RPM,
which makes it possible to recreate the new RPM from the deltarpm and
the old one. You do not need to have a copy of the old RPM, because
deltarpms can also work with installed RPMs.


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Richard Bos
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