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WHAT-PATCH

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO

NAME

what-patch - detect which patch system a Debian package uses

SYNOPSIS

what-patch [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

what-patch examines the debian/rules file to determine which patch system the Debian package is using.

what-patch should be run from the root directory of the Debian source package.

OPTIONS

Listed below are the command line options for what-patch :
-h
, --help

Display a help message and exit.

-v

Enable verbose mode. This will include the listing of any files modified outside or the debian/ directory and report any additional details about the patch system if available.

AUTHORS

what-patch was written by Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>, Siegfried-A. Gevatter <rainct@ubuntu.com>, and Daniel Hahler <ubuntu@thequod.de>, among others. This manual page was written by Jonathan Patrick Davies <jpds@ubuntu.com>.

Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.

SEE ALSO

The Ubuntu MOTU team has some documentation about patch systems at the Ubuntu wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/PatchSystems