delrarpm in core or extras

[Michel Salim]

On 3/21/06, Joe Desbonnet <jdesbonnet at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have just tried the 'makedeltaiso' utility in the SuSE deltarpm 3.3
> package . I was able to produce a FC5 i386 DVD ISO, Test3 -> Final
> delta in only 300MB (10% of the size of the ISO).  xdelta didn't
> produce any savings.
>

Sounds quite useful to create smaller "Service Packs" - if I were to
install FC5 in a few months' time, say.

How well does deltarpm handle pre- and post- (un)install scripts?

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Michel Salim
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