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authorHolger Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>2006-05-03 20:58:49 +0000
committerOpenEmbedded Project <openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org>2006-05-03 20:58:49 +0000
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Add a work in progress ipkg-diff utilitiy to show differences between two directory of ipk packages files. Currently it does nothing.
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+A Small utility to diff two directories of Itsy Packages.
+
+This utility will take two directories hopefully containing
+Itsy Packages (ipk) and compare the ipks. It will find deleted
+and new packages but will also compare packages with the same
+name. And check file types, sizes, control files. And one time
+it will be able to find upgrades and scan them as well.
+
+(this script is meant to be hacky, hacky, hacky and to do the
+ job)
+
+The only pattern applied is a Anti-Pattern: Time pressure