A.40. Patch

A.40.1. Official Download Location

Patch (2.5.4): 
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/

A.40.2. Contents of Patch

The patch program modifies a file according to a patch file. A patch file usually is a list, created by the diff program, that contains instructions on how an original file needs to be modified.

Installed program: patch

A.40.3.

A.40.4. Short description

patch modifies files according to a patch file. A patch file normally is a difference listing created with the diff program. By applying these differences to the original files, patch creates the patched versions. Using patches instead a entire new tarballs to keep your sources up-to-date can save you a lot of download time.

A.40.5.

A.40.6. Patch Installation Dependencies

Patch depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed.