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diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm index 0d73886109..2e62cd76ea 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm @@ -981,6 +981,43 @@ provides encoder and a decoder libraries: libbrotlienc and libbrotlidec, respectively, based on the reference implementation from Google.") (license license:expat)))) +(define-public bsdiff + (package + (name "bsdiff") + (version "4.3") + (home-page "https://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (string-append home-page name "-" version ".tar.gz")) + (sha256 + (base32 + "0j2zm3z271x5aw63mwhr3vymzn45p2vvrlrpm9cz2nywna41b0hq")))) + (build-system gnu-build-system) + (arguments + `(#:make-flags (list "INSTALL=install" "CC=gcc" + (string-append "PREFIX=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))) + #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases + (delete 'configure) + (add-before 'build 'fix-Makefile + (lambda _ + (substitute* "Makefile" + ;; Adjust syntax to make it compatible with GNU Make. + (("^\\.") "") + ;; Help install(1) create the target directory. + (("\\$\\{PREFIX\\}") "-D -t ${PREFIX}")) + #t))) + #:tests? #f)) ;no tests + (inputs + `(("bzip2" ,bzip2))) + (synopsis "Patch binary files") + (description + "@command{bsdiff} and @command{bspatch} are tools for building and +applying patches to binary files. By using suffix sorting (specifically +Larsson and Sadakane's @code{qsufsort}) and taking advantage of how +executable files change, bsdiff routinely produces binary patches 50-80% +smaller than those produced by @code{Xdelta}.") + (license license:bsd-2))) + (define-public cabextract (package (name "cabextract") |