Patch-2.5.4
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## Patch-2.5.4

The Patch package contains a program for modifying files.

    Approximate build time:  0.1 SBU
    Required disk space:     1.9 MB

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

### Installation of Patch

Prepare Patch for compilation (the preprocessor flag -D_GNU_SOURCE is only needed on the PowerPC platform, on other architectures you can leave it out):

    CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE ./configure --prefix=/tools

Compile the program:

    make

Then install it and its documentation:

    make install

###

The details on this package are found in the section called “Contents of Patch”.

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