Details on this package are located in Section 6.50.2, “Contents of Patch.”
The Patch package contains a program for modifying or creating files by applying a “patch” file typically created by the diff program.
Apply a patch that fixes a bug whereby patch fails to apply patches whose lines contain trailing carriage return characters:
patch -Np1 -i ../patch-2.5.9-fixes-1.patch
Prepare Patch for compilation:
./configure --prefix=/tools
Compile the package:
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Install the package:
make install
Details on this package are located in Section 6.50.2, “Contents of Patch.”