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@@ -1,8 +1,50 @@ -Known problems: +Changes in versions 2.5.8 and 2.5.9: bug fixes only. + +Changes in version 2.5.7: + +* patch -D now outputs preprocessor lines without comments, as required + by POSIX 1003.1-2001. + +Changes in version 2.5.6: + +* File names in context patches may now contain spaces, so long + as the context patch headers use a tab to separate the file name + from the time stamp. +* Perforce is now supported. +* Patch lines beginning with "#" are comments and are ignored. + +Changes in version 2.5.5: + +* The bug reporting address is now <bug-patch@gnu.org>. + +Changes in version 2.5.4: + +* A security hole has been closed. + It involved race conditions with temporary files. + +* The default quoting style is 'shell', which causes `patch' to quote + file names with funny characters like `$'. This prevents their + misinterpretation if you cut them from its output and paste them into + the shell. + +* `patch' now works correctly with large files on Large File Summit + hosts like Solaris 2.6. + +* `patch' now ignores trailing carriage returns in lines of context diffs + if the context diff headers end in carriage return. + +* `patch' now ignores context diff header file names that have fewer slashes + than the count specified by the -p or --strip option. + +* New options: + --posix + --quoting-style=WORD + +* New environment variables: + QUOTING_STYLE + +* `patch' now supports ClearCase version management. -* The diffutils 2.7 documentation for `patch' is obsolete; this should be - fixed in diffutils 2.8. Until then, see `patch --help' or `man patch'. - Changes in version 2.5: * Version control is now independent of whether backups are made. @@ -171,3 +213,25 @@ Changes in version 2.0.12g8: being patched. * Print the system error message when system calls fail. * Fixed various bugs and portability problems. + + + +Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 +Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +This file is part of GNU Patch. + +This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) +any later version. + +This program is distributed in the hope that they will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. + +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to +the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, +Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. |