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+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
+ * making GNU Emacs-style backup files
+ * improved interaction with RCS and SCCS
+ * the GNU conventions for option parsing and configuring and compilation.
+ * better POSIX.2 compliance
+They also fix some bugs.  See the NEWS and ChangeLog files for details.
+
+Tutorial-style documentation for patch is included in the GNU
+diffutils package.  Unfortunately, the diffutils 2.7 documentation
+for `patch' is obsolete; this should be fixed in diffutils 2.8.
+In the mean time, see `patch --help', or consult the man page
+in this distribution.
+
+For GNU and Unix build and installation instructions, see the file INSTALL.
+For MS-DOS using DJGPP tools, see the file pc/djgpp/README.
+For other systems, copy config.hin to config.h and change
+#undef statements in it to #define as appropriate for your system,
+and copy Makefile.in to Makefile and set the variables that are
+enclosed in @ signs as appropriate for your system.
+
+Please send bug reports for this version of patch to
+bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu.
+
+The Free Software Foundation is distributing this version of patch
+independently because as of this writing, Larry Wall has not released a
+new version of patch since mid-1988.  We have heard that he has been
+too busy working on other things, like Perl.  He has graciously agreed
+to let GNU `patch' be distributed under the terms of the GNU General
+Public License.
+
+------
+
+Copyright 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Larry Wall
+Copyright 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+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 it 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 file; see the file COPYING.
+If not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.