DELTUP(1)DELTUP(1)NAMEdeltup - Update a tarballed package
SYNOPSISdeltup -m[fvej] [bg #] [[-dD] repository ] package1 package2 patchfile
#make patch
deltup -p[fvir] [[-dD] repository ] <patchfiles> #apply patches
DESCRIPTION
Makes and applies patches to tarballed packages. edelta is an alias
which passes -d <portage distfiles dir> to deltup.
OPTIONS-f Force overwrite if output file already exists
-v Verbose mode
-e This special option tells deltup to test the patch against all
available compressors and write info about which ones work into
the patch file
-j Use bdelta instead of xdelta when creating the patch. This ver‐
sion of Deltup has built-in support for applying bdelta patches,
which makes installing xdelta unnecessary.
-b, -g Filter patch through bzip2 or gzip
-i Show what files would be patched without performing any actions.
-r Apply series of patches to one package without outputting the
packages in between.
-d Output packages to directory repository
-d Find packages to upgrade in directory repository
ENVIORNMENT
TMPDIR Directory to output temporary files. If not defined then /tmp
is used.
EXAMPLES
Make bzip2'd Gentoo package patch:
edelta -m -b 9 OldPackage NewPackage PatchFile
Apply the patch:
edelta -p PatchFile
Make verified patch with the -e option:
edelta -me-b 9 Package-v1.tar.bz2 Package-v2.tar.bz2 Pack‐
age_Patch.dtu