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diff --git a/development/bsdiff/README b/development/bsdiff/README index 8b4167b91e..482944aace 100644 --- a/development/bsdiff/README +++ b/development/bsdiff/README @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ +bsdiff (binary diff/patch utility) + bsdiff and bspatch are tools for building and applying patches to binary files. By using suffix sorting (specifically, Larsson and Sadakane's qsufsort) and taking advantage of how executable files change, bsdiff routinely produces binary patches 50-80% smaller than those produced by Xdelta, and 15% smaller -than those produced by .RTPatch (a $2750/seat commercial patch tool). +than those produced by .RTPatch (a $2750/seat commercial patch tool). These programs were originally named bdiff and bpatch, but the large number of other programs using those names lead to confusion; I'm not sure if the "bs" |