edelta: A fast binary diff utility for executables¹

EDelta is a XDelta-style binary diff utility that is optimized for executables, which have a very systematic way of changing between versions. It has not been thoroughly evaluated so far, but between two versions of Vim it produces a 30kB delta where XDelta needs 250kB.

... part of T2, get it here

URL: https://www.diku.dk/~jacobg/edelta/

Author: Jacob Gorm Hansen <jacob [at] removethisstuffandtypemelon [dot] dk>
Maintainer: The T2 Project <t2 [at] t2-project [dot] org>

License: GPL
Status: Beta
Version: 0.10b

Remark: Does cross compile (as setup and patched in T2).

Download: http://www.diku.dk/~jacobg/edelta/ edelta-0.10b.tar.gz

T2 source: edelta.cache
T2 source: edelta.desc
T2 source: hotfix.patch

Build time (on reference hardware): 1% (relative to binutils)²

Installed size (on reference hardware): 0.04 MB, 6 files

Dependencies (build time detected): 00-dirtree bash binutils coreutils diffutils findutils gawk grep linux-header make patch sed tar zlib

Installed files (on reference hardware): [show]

¹) This page was automatically generated from the T2 package source. Corrections, such as dead links, URL changes or typos need to be performed directly on that source.

²) Compatible with Linux From Scratch's "Standard Build Unit" (SBU).