
 Description
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`patch-source` is a shell script to build a source tree out of a
source ball, apply patches and optionally execute commands which are
defined in a recipe.

If you build a source tree from the source ball and apply patches
against it it is a lot of work to verify the signatures of each file and
also dangerous to forget to apply a patch.  With `patch-source' you only
have to maintain a "recipe" (a list of filenames or urls of sources and
patches) and all the stupid work is done by the script.


 Installation
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Simply copy `patch-source' to a location in your command path
(e.g. /usr/bin).

The makefile is only used for generating the documentation.  :)


 Documentation
---------------

The documentation is in `patch-source.info'.
To view it use `info -f patch-source.info' or an ascii viewer of your
choice.

From the texinfo source it is possible to generate html and dvi versions
of the documentation with `make html' or `make dvi' repectively.


 Files
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AUTHORS                      Who wrote patch-source.
COPYING                      The GNU General Public License
                             says how you can use patch-source.
Makefile                     To generate the documentation (info and dvi).
README                       This file.
patch-source                 Shell script (the program).
patch-source.info            Documentation of the program.
patch-source.texinfo         Documentation source.

