what-patch - detect which patch system a Debian package uses
what-patch [options]
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.
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.
what-patch was written by Kees Cook <
[email protected]>, Siegfried-A.
Gevatter <
[email protected]>, and Daniel Hahler
<
[email protected]>, among others. This manual page was written by
Jonathan Patrick Davies <
[email protected]>.
Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.
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)