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Switch to single intervals for FSF notices, and consistently put them first. Update copyright notices for 2024. * cfg.mk (update-copyright-env): Use UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_FORCE=1, UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS=2. * patch.man: Always use \(co, so that update-copyright updates these dates. * src/version.c: Correct Larry Wall copyright years.
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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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* merging into files instead of creating reject files
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* making GNU Emacs-style backup files
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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.
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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 description 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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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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For other systems, copy config.hin to config.h and change
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#undef statements in it to #define as appropriate for your system,
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and copy Makefile.in to Makefile and set the variables that are
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enclosed in @ signs as appropriate for your system.
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Please send bug reports for this version of patch to
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<bug-patch@gnu.org>.
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The Free Software Foundation is distributing this version of patch
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independently because as of this writing, Larry Wall has not released a
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new version of patch since mid-1988. We have heard that he has been
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too busy working on other things, like Perl. He has graciously agreed
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to let GNU `patch' be distributed under the terms of the GNU General
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Public License.
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For any copyright year range specified as YYYY-ZZZZ in this package
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note that the range specifies every single year in that closed interval.
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Please see the file COPYING for copying conditions.
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------
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Copyright 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Copyright 1984-1988 Larry Wall
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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 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. 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 program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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