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bsdiff-4.3

binary patch tools

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Description

Tools for building and applying patches to binary files. The tools included are: o bsdiff - Binary patch generation o bspatch - Binary patch application These tools are analogous to diff(1) and patch(1) but deal specifically with binary files. The binary diffs produced are significantly smaller than those produced by similar tools (free and commercial).

Package information

Ports path
misc/bsdiff
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Benoit Lecocq <benoit@openbsd.org>
Categories
misc, devel
Available flavors
None listed

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