| 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 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; get GNU Diffutils 2.8 or later for up-to-date
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| 13 | documentation for patch.
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| 14 |
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| 15 | For GNU and Unix build and installation instructions, see the file INSTALL.
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| 16 | Use `configure --disable-largefile' to disable large file support;
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| 17 | this is reportedly necessary on Red Hat GNU/Linux 6.0 to avoid a C library bug.
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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-patch@gnu.org>.
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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 (C) 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Larry Wall
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| 37 |
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| 38 | Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2002 Free
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| 39 | Software Foundation, Inc.
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| 40 |
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| 41 | This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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| 42 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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| 43 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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| 44 | any later version.
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| 45 |
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| 46 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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| 47 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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| 48 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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| 49 | See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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| 50 |
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| 51 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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| 52 | along with this file; see the file COPYING.
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| 53 | If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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| 54 | 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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