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for `patch' is obsolete; this should be fixed in diffutils 2.8.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