[clug] Debian session for any Choobs?

[Sam Couter]

Francis Markham <fmarkham at gmail.com> wrote:
> While we are on the subject, does anyone know of a simple way to configure
> apt to only download diffs of package updates rather than the whole
> package?  Redownloading the whole package for a single security fix can be
> infuriating over a slow connection.

It can't do that.

It will download diffs for the package index without further
configuration, but actual packages are downloaded in their entirety.
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