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Patch 12u8 to version 2.0 of Larry Wall's patch program is now
available.  An up to date tar file, as well as patches 12u through
12u8, are available for anonymous ftp in the directory pub/gnu on
prep.ai.mit.edu [18.71.0.38], in the files patch-2.0.12u8.tar.Z and
patch.patch12u6 (etc.).  Also available is a version of patch that
conforms better to GNU standards, in the file patch-2.0.12g8.tar.Z.
Other archive sites will soon carry them as well, so try one nearest
you.

These versions of patch contain modifications made by the Free
Software Foundation.  Primarily they are to support the unified
context diff format that GNU diff can produce, and to support making
GNU Emacs-style backup files.  They also include fixes for some bugs.

There are two GNU variants of patch: one that retains Larry Wall's
interactive Configure script and has patchlevels starting with `12u';
and one that has a GNU-style non-interactive configure script and
accepts long-named options, and has parallel patchlevels starting with
`12g'.  Unlike the 12g variant, the 12u variant contains no copylefted
code, for the paranoid.  The two variants are otherwise the same.
They should be available from the same places.

The FSF is distributing patch independently because as of this
writing, Larry Wall has not released a new version of patch since
mid-1988.  I have heard that he has been too busy working on other
things, like Perl.

The major changes in this patch are:

* Improved detection of files that are locked under RCS or SCCS.  
* Reinstate the -E option to remove output files that are empty after
  being patched.
* Print the system error message when system calls fail.
* Added the -t option, similar to -f.
* Fixed various bugs and portability problems.

Please send bug reports for this version of patch to
bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu as well as to Larry Wall (lwall@netlabs.com).

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