Debdelta Configuration: Debian Package Delta Update Service Details
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Summary
This article provides technical configuration information about debdelta, a Debian package delta service that offers incremental updates for various Debian distributions including oldstable, stable, testing, unstable, and experimental. It details the server URIs for main archive deltas, security updates, and backports, specifying supported architectures (all, i386, amd64) and sections (main, contrib, non-free, non-free-firmware).
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distributions=oldstable, stable, testing, unstable, experimental
architectures=all i386 amd64
sections=main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
delta_uri=http://debdeltas.debian.net/debian-security-deltas
Article URL: https://debdelta.debian.net/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44999815
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