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8 <sect1 id="ch-system-patch" role="wrap">
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12 <productname>patch</productname>
13 <productnumber>&patch-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&patch-url;</address>
17 <title>Patch-&patch-version;</title>
19 <indexterm zone="ch-system-patch">
20 <primary sortas="a-Patch">Patch</primary>
23 <sect2 role="package">
26 <para>The Patch package contains a program for modifying or creating files
27 by applying a <quote>patch</quote> file typically created by the
28 <command>diff</command> program.</para>
31 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
32 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
35 <seg>&patch-ch6-sbu;</seg>
36 <seg>&patch-ch6-du;</seg>
42 <sect2 role="installation">
43 <title>Installation of Patch</title>
45 <para>Prepare Patch for compilation:</para>
47 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
49 <para>Compile the package:</para>
51 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
53 <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
55 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
57 <para>Install the package:</para>
59 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
63 <sect2 id="contents-patch" role="content">
64 <title>Contents of Patch</title>
67 <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle>
75 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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79 <varlistentry id="patch">
80 <term><command>patch</command></term>
82 <para>Modifies files according to a patch file [A patch file is
83 normally a difference listing created with the <command>diff</command>
84 program. By applying these differences to the original files,
85 <command>patch</command> creates the patched versions.]</para>
86 <indexterm zone="ch-system-patch patch">
87 <primary sortas="b-patch">patch</primary>