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patch takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original files, producing patched versions. Normally the patched versions are put in place of the originals. Backups can be made.

Author:
Larry Wall and Paul Eggert [contact developer]

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Homepage:
http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/patch.html
Tar/GZ:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/patch/
Debian package:
http://www.debian.org/Packages/stable/utils/patch.html

Trove categories: [change]

[Environment]		Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Topic]		Utilities

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	2.5.4	22-Jul-2001	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Comments

[»] patch 2.5.4 doesnt compile with native IBM C compiler
by Michael Felt - Feb 6th 2002 04:26:10

While compiling util.c AIX C compiler complains about a syntax problem:
(./configure was run without any extra arguments before running make)

cc -c -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Ded_PROGRAM=\"/usr/bin/ed\" -I. -I. -g util.c
"util.c", line 489.1: 1506-343 (S) Redeclaration of fatal differs from previous declaration on line 15 of "./util.h".
"util.c", line 489.1: 1506-378 (I) Prototype for function fatal cannot contain "..." when mixed with a nonprototype declaration.
"util.c", line 493.3: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier va_alist.
"util.c", line 522.1: 1506-343 (S) Redeclaration of pfatal differs from previous declaration on line 17 of "./util.h".
"util.c", line 522.1: 1506-378 (I) Prototype for function pfatal cannot contain "..." when mixed with a nonprototype declaration.
"util.c", line 527.3: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier va_alist.
"util.c", line 540.1: 1506-343 (S) Redeclaration of say differs from previous declaration on line 13 of "./util.h".
"util.c", line 540.1: 1506-378 (I) Prototype for function say cannot contain "..." when mixed with a nonprototype declaration.
"util.c", line 543.3: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier va_alist.
"util.c", line 552.1: 1506-343 (S) Redeclaration of ask differs from previous declaration on line 12 of "./util.h".
"util.c", line 552.1: 1506-378 (I) Prototype for function ask cannot contain "..." when mixed with a nonprototype declaration.
"util.c", line 558.3: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier va_alist.
"util.c", line 611.1: 1506-343 (S) Redeclaration of ok_to_reverse differs from previous declaration on line 11 of "./util.h".
"util.c", line 611.1: 1506-378 (I) Prototype for function ok_to_reverse cannot contain "..." when mixed with a nonprototype declaration.
"util.c", line 618.7: 1506-045 (S) Undeclared identifier va_alist.
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.

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