This is a pair of tools for building (bsdiff) and applying (bspatch) binary patches. When applied to two versions of the same executable the patches produced are significantly smaller than those generated by other binary diff tools (e.g. xdelta).
This is a pair of tools for building (bsdiff) and applying (bspatch) binary patches. When applied to two versions of the same executable the patches produced are significantly smaller than those generated by other binary diff tools (e.g. xdelta).
To install bsdiff, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install bsdiff
To see what files were installed by bsdiff, run:
port contents bsdiff
To later upgrade bsdiff, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade bsdiff
Reporting an issue on MacPorts Trac
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Though anyone may search Trac for tickets, you must have a GitHub account in order to login to Trac to create tickets.