Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU Required disk space: 1.9 MB |
Official download location for Patch (2.5.4):
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
For its installation Patch depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed.
Prepare Patch for compilation:
CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE ./configure --prefix=/tools |
The preprocessor flag -D_GNU_SOURCE is only needed on the PowerPC platform. On other architectures you can leave it out.
Compile the program:
make |
Then install it and its documentation:
make install |
The details on this package are found in the Section called Contents of Patch in Chapter 6.