source: BOOK/final-system/common/patch.xml@ de4abd5

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<sect1 id="ch-system-patch" role="wrap">
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  <title>Patch-&patch-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-patch">
    <primary sortas="a-Patch">Patch</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Patch package contains a program for modifying or creating
    files by applying a <quote>patch</quote> file typically created by the
    <command>diff</command> program.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Patch</title>

    <para os="p1">The following patch removes tests that require Ed:</para>

<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&patch-test-patch;</userinput></screen>

    <para os="a">Prepare Patch for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="e">To test the results, issue: <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>

    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-patch" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Patch</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>patch</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <varlistentry id="patch">
        <term><command>patch</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Modifies files according to a patch file. A patch file is
          normally a difference listing created with the <command>diff</command>
          program. By applying these differences to the original files,
          <command>patch</command> creates the patched versions.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-patch patch">
            <primary sortas="b-patch">patch</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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