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This version of `patch' has many changes made by the Free Software Foundation.
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This is GNU patch, which applies diff files to original files.
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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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* 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 compliance
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They also fix some bugs. See the NEWS and ChangeLog files for details.
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They also fix some bugs.
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If you obtained this file as part of a "git clone", then see the
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README-hacking file. If this file came to you as part of a tar archive,
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then see the file INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions.
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See the file NEWS for a list of major changes in the current release.
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A more detailed descripiton of all changes can be found in the file ChangeLog
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in tar archives, and with "git log" which shows the version control history.
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Tutorial-style documentation for patch is included in the GNU
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Diffutils package; get GNU Diffutils 2.8 or later for up-to-date
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documentation for patch.
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For GNU and Unix build and installation instructions, see the file INSTALL.
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Use `configure --disable-largefile' to disable large file support;
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this is reportedly necessary on Red Hat GNU/Linux 6.0 to avoid a C library bug.
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For MS-DOS using DJGPP tools, see the file pc/djgpp/README.
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Copyright (C) 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Larry Wall
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Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2009
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Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Copyright (C) 1989-1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2011-2012 Free Software
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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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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) 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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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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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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51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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