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

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


       cdbs-edit-patch(1), dbs-edit-patch(1), dpatch-edit-patch(1)

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