The BSD-licensed patch(1) command has matured and it's behaviour
can be considered equivalent to the older version of GNU patch
in the tree.
The switch has been extensively tested [1] and only two ports
presented regressions, which have since been fixed.
For convenience a new WITH_GNU_PATCH option is available,
but it will likely be removed in the near future.
PR: 176313
Approved by: portmgr
21244d5227