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minus-squareOlap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoYeah, totally is. There’s a reason nobody publishes diffs
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoopenSUSE Leap does have differential package updates. Pretty sure, I once saw it on one of the Red-Hat-likes, too. But yeah, it makes most sense on slow-moving, versioned releases with corporate backing.
minus-squareOlap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoOoh, got any links on how Leap does this? My searching isn’t yielding much
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoHad to search for a bit, too, but finally found the relevant keyword: Delta RPMs (Which also explains why it’s a Red Hat / SUSE thing. 😅) Here’s a decent article, which links to some more in-depth explanations: https://www.certdepot.net/rhel7-get-started-delta-rpms/
minus-squareOlap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThanks, really well hidden feature here for someone I’m sure
minus-squareRicaz@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI don’t think anyone actually uses these
Yeah, totally is. There’s a reason nobody publishes diffs
openSUSE Leap does have differential package updates. Pretty sure, I once saw it on one of the Red-Hat-likes, too.
But yeah, it makes most sense on slow-moving, versioned releases with corporate backing.
Ooh, got any links on how Leap does this? My searching isn’t yielding much
Had to search for a bit, too, but finally found the relevant keyword: Delta RPMs
(Which also explains why it’s a Red Hat / SUSE thing. 😅)
Here’s a decent article, which links to some more in-depth explanations: https://www.certdepot.net/rhel7-get-started-delta-rpms/
Thanks, really well hidden feature here for someone I’m sure
I don’t think anyone actually uses these