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1 | # HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: |
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2 | # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line |
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3 | # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' |
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4 | # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must |
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5 | # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also |
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6 | # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |
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7 | |
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8 | |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| |
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9 | patch: patch (apply a diff file to an original file or files) |
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10 | patch: |
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11 | patch: Patch is a utility used to apply diffs (or patches) to files, which |
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12 | patch: are usually source code. |
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13 | patch: |
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14 | patch: Larry Wall wrote the original version of patch. Paul Eggert removed |
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15 | patch: patch's arbitrary limits; added support for binary files, setting |
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16 | patch: file times, and deleting files; and made it conform better to POSIX. |
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17 | patch: Other contributors include Wayne Davison, who added unidiff support, |
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18 | patch: and David MacKenzie, who added configuration and backup support. |
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19 | patch: |
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