[pacman-dev] [PATCH 3/4] Download delta files if UseDelta is set.

[Aaron Griffin]

On 10/18/07, Roman Kyrylych <roman.kyrylych at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2007/10/18, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com>:
> > On 10/17/07, Xavier <shiningxc at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Isn't the cleanest way to use xdelta api?
> > > For example, we use libarchive instead of bsdtar, libdownload instead of wget
> > > (even though there is the XferCommand trick), a md5 driver instead of md5sum
> > > command, etc
> >
> > Technically yes, but I think in this case this is the only option
> > available - either xdelta has no API, or using it is like a few
> > hundred lines... I can't remember which
> >
>
> Xdelta3 does have an API:
> http://code.google.com/p/xdelta/wiki/ProgrammingGuide

Well, color me stupid! I didn't research this at all.

So yeah, I'll side with Chantry here - it's probably better to use the
actual API rather than external apps like that.
Here's a good reason - in a "omg panic" situation where libs are
broken, pacman.static can still work, but not if it has to call
external apps like this that could be broken.