newxml/appendixa/patch.xml

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   2 <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3CR2//EN" "http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.3CR2/docbookx.dtd" [
   3   <!ENTITY % patch-entities SYSTEM "../ent/patch.ent">
   4   %patch-entities;
   5 ]>
   6 <sect1 id="aa-patch" xreflabel="Patch">
   7 <title>Patch</title>
   8 <?dbhtml filename="patch.html"?>
   9
  10 <para>For installation instructions see <xref linkend="ch06-patch"/>.</para>
  11
  12 <sect2><title>Official Download Location</title>
  13
  14 <literallayout>Patch (&patch-version;):
  15 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/"/></literallayout>
  16 </sect2>
  17
  18 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="patch-contents.xml"/>
  19
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  22 <sect2><title>Short description</title>
  23
  24 <para><command>patch</command> modifies files according to a patch file.
  25 A patch file normally is a difference listing created with the diff program.
  26 By applying these differences to the original files, patch creates the patched
  27 versions. Using patches instead a entire new tarballs to keep your sources
  28 up-to-date can save you a lot of download time.</para>
  29
  30 </sect2>
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  34 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="patch-deps.xml"/>
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  38 </sect1>