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diff --git a/doc/pkgdelta.8.asciidoc b/doc/pkgdelta.8.asciidoc deleted file mode 100644 index 412e607e..00000000 --- a/doc/pkgdelta.8.asciidoc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -pkgdelta(8) -========= - -Name ----- -pkgdelta - package delta generation utility - - -Synopsis --------- -'pkgdelta' [options] <package1> <package2> - - -Description ------------ -'pkgdelta' is used to create package delta files between two versions of the -same package. These files are essentially binary patches. linkman:pacman[8] can -download deltas instead of full package upgrades, and use them with the -previous versions of packages (in the package cache) to synthesize the upgraded -version of the packages. This likely reduces download sizes for upgrades -significantly. - -'pkgdelta' requires linkman:xdelta3[1] to do its job. - - -Options -------- -*--max-delta-size <ratio>*:: - Only create delta files if the delta is smaller than ratio * package_size. - Possible values: 0.0 to 2.0. - Recommended values: 0.2 to 0.9. - Default value: 0.7 - -*--min-pkg-size <size>*:: - Minimal size of the package file in bytes to be considered for delta creation. - Default value: 1048576 bytes = 1 MiB. This may be any absolute size in bytes or - a human-readable value such as `4MiB` or `3.5MB`. - -*-q, \--quiet*:: - Be quiet. Do not output anything but warnings and errors. - - -Examples --------- - - $ pkgdelta libreoffice-3.3.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz libreoffice-3.3.2-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz - - -See Also --------- -linkman:pacman[8], linkman:xdelta3[1] - -include::footer.asciidoc[] |