Package patch: Information
Source package: patch
Version: 2.5.9-alt3
Build time: Apr 14, 2007, 07:20 PM
Category: Text tools
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License: GPL
Summary: The GNU patch command, for modifying/upgrading files
Description:
The patch program applies diff files to originals. The diff command is used to compare an original to a changed file. Diff lists the changes made to the file. A person who has the original file can then use the patch command with the diff file to add the changes to their original file (patching the file).
Maintainer: Dmitry V. Levin
Last changed
April 14, 2007 Dmitry V. Levin 2.5.9-alt3
- Uncompressed tarball.
Oct. 26, 2005 Dmitry V. Levin 2.5.9-alt2
- Corrected URLs. - Reviewed and rediffed patches. - Applied upstream fix for CR handling bug. - Applied SuSE patch to prevent previously created backup files from being overwritten. - Additional convention enforcement on patch file names.
Aug. 28, 2005 Mikhail Zabaluev 2.5.9-alt1
- Updated to 2.5.9 (taken from Mandrake) - Updated some patches, retired others - Retired the ifdef patch because the bug it fixed is gone