Hello, on Dienstag, 16. Oktober 2007, Igor Jagec wrote:
BTW what is the difference between patch and delta rpm?
IIRC: - Patch RPMs contain only modified files (as complete files). - Delta RPMs contain a binary diff of changed files, which is usually smaller than the whole file.
What is the purpose of these types of rpm packages, only to save the bandwidth and disk space while updating?
Yes, the main purpose is saving bandwidth. Saving disk space is not a purpose - AFAIK delta RPMs even need some temporary disk space to be reassembled to full RPMs. (I hope somebody corrects me if I'm wrong ;-) Regards, Christian Boltz -- "Alarm" heisst "al armas", also "Zu den Waffen!". Womit soll ich in meinen Rechner reinballern, wenn er Hitzealarm gibt? [Ratti in suse-linux] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org