./wip/gpatch, GNU Patch

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Branch: CURRENT, Version: 2.7.6, Package name: gpatch-2.7.6, Maintainer: nishi

This is GNU patch, which applies diff files to original files.

This version of patch has many changes made by the Free Software Foundation.
They add support for:
* handling arbitrary binary data and large files
* the unified context diff format that GNU diff can produce
* merging into files instead of creating reject files
* making GNU Emacs-style backup files
* improved interaction with RCS and SCCS
* the GNU conventions for option parsing and configuring and compilation.
* better POSIX compliance
They also fix some bugs.

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Filesize: 1162.045 KB

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