1This version of `patch' has many changes made by the Free Software Foundation. 2They add support for: 3 * handling arbitrary binary data and large files 4 * the unified context diff format that GNU diff can produce 5 * making GNU Emacs-style backup files 6 * improved interaction with RCS and SCCS 7 * the GNU conventions for option parsing and configuring and compilation. 8 * better POSIX.2 compliance 9They also fix some bugs. See the NEWS and ChangeLog files for details. 10 11Tutorial-style documentation for patch is included in the GNU 12diffutils package. Unfortunately, the diffutils 2.7 documentation 13for `patch' is obsolete; this should be fixed in diffutils 2.8. 14In the mean time, see `patch --help', or consult the man page 15in this distribution. 16 17For GNU and Unix build and installation instructions, see the file INSTALL. 18For MS-DOS using DJGPP tools, see the file pc/djgpp/README. 19For other systems, copy config.hin to config.h and change 20#undef statements in it to #define as appropriate for your system, 21and copy Makefile.in to Makefile and set the variables that are 22enclosed in @ signs as appropriate for your system. 23 24Please send bug reports for this version of patch to 25bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu. 26 27The Free Software Foundation is distributing this version of patch 28independently because as of this writing, Larry Wall has not released a 29new version of patch since mid-1988. We have heard that he has been 30too busy working on other things, like Perl. He has graciously agreed 31to let GNU `patch' be distributed under the terms of the GNU General 32Public License. 33 34------ 35 36Copyright 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Larry Wall 37Copyright 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 38 39This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 40it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 41the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 42any later version. 43 44This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 45but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 46MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 47See the GNU General Public License for more details. 48 49You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 50along with this file; see the file COPYING. 51If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 5259 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. 53