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# $Id: Portfile 30224 2007-10-22 22:49:14Z jmpp macports.org $

PortSystem 1.0
Name: bsdiff
Version: 4.3
Category: devel
Maintainers: nomaintainer
Description: Generates and applies patches to binary files
Long Description: 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 (eg, xdelta).
Homepage: http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/
Platform: darwin
master_sites ${homepage}
checksums md5 e6d812394f0e0ecc8d5df255aa1db22a

patch {
reinplace s|/man/man1|/share/man/man1| ${worksrcpath}/Makefile
}

use_configure no
build.type bsd
destroot.destdir PREFIX=${destroot}${prefix}

If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.
Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:

%  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/bsdiff
%  sudo port install bsdiff  
Password: 

You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

--->  Fetching bsdiff
--->  Verifying checksum for bsdiff
--->  Extracting bsdiff
--->  Configuring bsdiff
--->  Building bsdiff with target all

--->  Staging bsdiff into destroot

--->  Installing bsdiff

- Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using bsdiff with these commands:

%  man bsdiff
%  apropos bsdiff
%  which bsdiff
%  locate bsdiff

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