1 | This version of `patch' has many changes made by the Free Software Foundation. |
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2 | They add support for: |
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3 | * handling arbitrary binary data and large files |
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4 | * the unified context diff format that GNU diff can produce |
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5 | * making GNU Emacs-style backup files |
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6 | * improved interaction with RCS and SCCS |
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7 | * the GNU conventions for option parsing and configuring and compilation. |
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8 | * better POSIX.2 compliance |
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9 | They also fix some bugs. See the NEWS and ChangeLog files for details. |
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10 | |
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11 | Tutorial-style documentation for patch is included in the GNU |
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12 | diffutils package. Unfortunately, the diffutils 2.7 documentation |
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13 | for `patch' is obsolete; this should be fixed in diffutils 2.8. |
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14 | In the mean time, see `patch --help', or consult the man page |
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15 | in this distribution. |
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16 | |
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17 | For GNU and Unix build and installation instructions, see the file INSTALL. |
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18 | For MS-DOS using DJGPP tools, see the file pc/djgpp/README. |
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19 | For other systems, copy config.hin to config.h and change |
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20 | #undef statements in it to #define as appropriate for your system, |
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21 | and copy Makefile.in to Makefile and set the variables that are |
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22 | enclosed in @ signs as appropriate for your system. |
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23 | |
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24 | Please send bug reports for this version of patch to |
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25 | bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu. |
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26 | |
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27 | The Free Software Foundation is distributing this version of patch |
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28 | independently because as of this writing, Larry Wall has not released a |
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29 | new version of patch since mid-1988. We have heard that he has been |
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30 | too busy working on other things, like Perl. He has graciously agreed |
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31 | to let GNU `patch' be distributed under the terms of the GNU General |
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32 | Public License. |
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33 | |
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34 | ------ |
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35 | |
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36 | Copyright 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Larry Wall |
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37 | Copyright 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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38 | |
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39 | This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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40 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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41 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) |
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42 | any later version. |
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43 | |
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44 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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45 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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46 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
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47 | See the GNU General Public License for more details. |
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48 | |
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49 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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50 | along with this file; see the file COPYING. |
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51 | If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, |
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52 | 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. |
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