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Re: 7.2.3 patching done

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Yury Bokhoncovich <byg@center-f1.ru>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Marc Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>, <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-10-01T20:04:04Z
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Bruce Momjian writes:

> > BTW, is it possible to have just patch against previous version (to reduce
> > traffic and CPU)? I.e. something like 7.2.2-7.2.3.diff.gz?
>
> In some releases, it is possible, in others we add/remove files and it
> isn't possible.  I think because it isn't always possible we normally
> don't do it.

Adding or removing files isn't the problem (see -N option).  Binary files
are the problem.

Using xdelta would be safe, though.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net