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1This version of `patch' has many changes made by the Free Software Foundation.
2They add support for:
3 * handling arbitrary binary data and large files
4 * the unified context diff format that GNU diff can produce
5 * making GNU Emacs-style backup files
6 * improved interaction with RCS and SCCS
7 * the GNU conventions for option parsing and configuring and compilation.
8 * better POSIX.2 compliance
9They also fix some bugs.  See the NEWS and ChangeLog files for details.
10
11Tutorial-style documentation for patch is included in the GNU
12diffutils package.  Unfortunately, the diffutils 2.7 documentation
13for `patch' is obsolete; this should be fixed in diffutils 2.8.
14In the mean time, see `patch --help', or consult the man page
15in this distribution.
16
17For GNU and Unix build and installation instructions, see the file INSTALL.
18For MS-DOS using DJGPP tools, see the file pc/djgpp/README.
19For other systems, copy config.hin to config.h and change
20#undef statements in it to #define as appropriate for your system,
21and copy Makefile.in to Makefile and set the variables that are
22enclosed in @ signs as appropriate for your system.
23
24Please send bug reports for this version of patch to
25bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu.
26
27The Free Software Foundation is distributing this version of patch
28independently because as of this writing, Larry Wall has not released a
29new version of patch since mid-1988.  We have heard that he has been
30too busy working on other things, like Perl.  He has graciously agreed
31to let GNU `patch' be distributed under the terms of the GNU General
32Public License.
33
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35
36Copyright 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Larry Wall
37Copyright 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
38
39This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
40it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
41the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
42any later version.
43
44This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
45but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
46MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
47See the GNU General Public License for more details.
48
49You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
50along with this file; see the file COPYING.
51If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
5259 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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