On a related note is there any way to get the updater to download full packages, avoiding the diffy versions? e.g a preference?
No pref, but you can comment out the diffy part in MCConfiguration>>versionNamed:for:from:.
Ah, OK. Mahalo! Any objections if I add a preference?
Wouldn't it be better for mcd's to just work than add a preference just to get around a bug?