EDelta 0.9e review

EDelta is a fast XDelta-style binary differ, but optimized for executables which have a very systematic way of changing between versi

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Jacob Gorm Hansen

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EDelta is a fast XDelta-style binary differ, but optimized for executables which have a very systematic way of changing between versions. EDelta has not been thoroughly evaluated so far, but on one example (two versions of Vim) it produces a 30kB delta where XDelta needs 250kB.

My personal use for edelta is to quickly deploy Linux kernels from my development-laptop to my test-machines, especially when working over my slow ADSL line at home. I frequently see factor of 100 speedups compared to shipping the whole file.

What's New in This Release:
This release adds a -q switch, better arguments parsing, and an improved version of the epatch script for remote patching using SSH.