Virgin import of patch-2.5.9, the last official GPLv2 release.vendor/misc-GNU/patch/2.5.9vendor/misc-GNU/patch

As in previous imports we dropped the mkinstall and pc directories
as they are of no use to us.

Differently from previous imports, patch.1 was not renamed and
is maintained with its original name (patch.man). If we ever
merge this into the main tree, care must be taken to rename
it back.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index e3aa259d9696..db63301ad426 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ They add support for:
  * 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
+ * better POSIX 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-for `patch' is obsolete; this should be fixed in diffutils 2.8.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.
+Diffutils package; get GNU Diffutils 2.8 or later for up-to-date
+documentation for patch.
 
 For GNU and Unix build and installation instructions, see the file INSTALL.
+Use `configure --disable-largefile' to disable large file support;
+this is reportedly necessary on Red Hat GNU/Linux 6.0 to avoid a C library bug.
 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,
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ 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.
+<bug-patch@gnu.org>.
 
 The Free Software Foundation is distributing this version of patch
 independently because as of this writing, Larry Wall has not released a
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ Public License.
 
 ------
 
-Copyright 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Larry Wall
-Copyright 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Larry Wall
+
+Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2002 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