1WHAT-PATCH(1)               General Commands Manual              WHAT-PATCH(1)
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NAME

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

10       what-patch [options]
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DESCRIPTION

14       what-patch examines the debian/rules file to determine which patch sys‐
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17       what-patch should be run from the root directory of the  Debian  source
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OPTIONS

22       Listed below are the command line options for what-patch:
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27       -v     Enable verbose mode.  This will include the listing of any files
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AUTHORS

33       what-patch  was  written  by  Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>, Siegfried-A.
34       Gevatter <rainct@ubuntu.com>, and  Daniel  Hahler  <ubuntu@thequod.de>,
35       among  others.  This manual page was written by Jonathan Patrick Davies
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38       Both are released under the GNU General Public License,  version  3  or
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SEE ALSO

43       The  Ubuntu MOTU team has some documentation about patch systems at the
44       Ubuntu wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/PatchSystems
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47       cdbs-edit-patch(1), dbs-edit-patch(1), dpatch-edit-patch(1)
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