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Re: Patching distributed EXE's

• Posted by Euman <euman at BELLSOUTH.NET> Jan 24, 2001
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Ekl=F6f" <darkspace at SUNPOINT.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 17:36
Subject: Re: Patching distributed EXE's


> > I don't see how sending out a new .exe is so complex. You make the
> >  fix and
> > tell everybody it's available for download at
> >  www.such-n-such-website.com...
>
> I think he's worried more about size than complexity. If the EXE is
something around 500KB, why make modem users download the whole shebang w=
hen
they could just, eg. get a 5KB patch.
> I think "diff" would be a good bet in the Un*x-world. Any tools like it
for Windows? If not, well, get to work already :)
>
>
> >>    I know I can modify the binary, but I don't like that idea. Not
> >  that I
> >> have any particular need for it now, but in the future, if I want to
> >> distribute an exe, and by chance it contains an error. I would like
> >  to be
> >> able to fix it without the user having to download the entire file
> >  again,
> >> or something of similar size. I'm wondering if there's a way to
> >  re-include
> >> a source file that contains the bug fix without having to recompile
> >  the
> >> exe. Or will the patch just end up being too big? Would I have to
> >  include
> >> the compiler to do so?
>
>
> On a side note, I wonder if our little friend "Mike the Spike" has a
borderline disorder? Looks like it from here. Childhood trauma resulting =
in
incomplete personality integration? Schitzotypal personality, even?
>
>
>
>
> Weekend psychologist,
> esoteric programmer extraordinaire
> --Tom "Rama Rama Ding Ding" Ekl=F6f
>
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