COMBINEDELTARPM(8)COMBINEDELTARPM(8)NAME
combindeltarpm - combine multiple deltarpms to a single one
SYNOPSIScombinedeltarpm [-v] [-V version] [-z compression] [-S signaturerpm]
olddeltarpms... newdeltarpm
DESCRIPTIONcombinedeltarpm creates a new deltarpm from multiple old ones. Apply‐
ing the rsulting deltarpm has the same effect as applying each of the
old ones in the specified order. Use the -v option to make com‐
binedeltarpm more verbose about its work.
combinedeltarpm normally produces a V3 format deltarpm, use the -V
option to specify a different version if desired. The -z option can be
used to specify a different compression method, the default is to use
the same compression method as used in the last of the old deltarpms.
If you want to use a different header signature you can also specify a
rpm with the -S option which will be used as signature reference. This
feature can be used to if a deltarpm was made against an unsigned rpm
which later got signed.
MEMORY CONSIDERATIONS
The implementation of combinedeltarpm currently unpacks the add-blocks
of the deltarpms in memory, thus it needs about twice the uncompressed
payload size of the target rpm.
SEE ALSOmakedeltarpm(8)applydeltarpm(8)AUTHOR
Michael Schroeder <mls@suse.de>
May 2005 COMBINEDELTARPM(8)
