1 This version of `patch' has many changes made by the Free Software Foundation.
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
9 They also fix some bugs. See the NEWS and ChangeLog files for details.
11 Tutorial-style documentation for patch is included in the GNU
12 diffutils package. Unfortunately, the diffutils 2.7 documentation
13 for `patch' is obsolete; this should be fixed in diffutils 2.8.
14 In the mean time, see `patch --help', or consult the man page
17 For GNU and Unix build and installation instructions, see the file INSTALL.
18 For MS-DOS using DJGPP tools, see the file pc/djgpp/README.
19 For other systems, copy config.hin to config.h and change
20 #undef statements in it to #define as appropriate for your system,
21 and copy Makefile.in to Makefile and set the variables that are
22 enclosed in @ signs as appropriate for your system.
24 Please send bug reports for this version of patch to
25 bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu.
27 The Free Software Foundation is distributing this version of patch
28 independently because as of this writing, Larry Wall has not released a
29 new version of patch since mid-1988. We have heard that he has been
30 too busy working on other things, like Perl. He has graciously agreed
31 to let GNU `patch' be distributed under the terms of the GNU General
36 Copyright 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Larry Wall
37 Copyright 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
39 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
40 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
41 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
44 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
45 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
46 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
47 See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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51 If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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