pkgdelta

Create delta package

$ pkgdelta [old_package] [new_package]

$ xdelta3 -d -s [old_package] [delta] [new_package]

pkgdelta [options] oldpkg newpkg

pkgdelta creates delta packages. Reduces download size for updates.
The tool generates binary diffs. Part of Arch Linux pacman.
pkgdelta makes update deltas.

OLDPKG_

Original package file.

New package file.

Quiet mode.

Arch Linux specific. Requires xdelta3. Space savings vary.

pkgdelta was created for bandwidth-efficient Arch package updates.

pacman(8), xdelta3(1)