.TH WHAT-PATCH "1" "10 August 2008" "ubuntu-dev-tools"
.SH NAME
what-patch \- detects which patch system a Debian package uses

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B what-patch [options]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP 
\fBwhat-patch\fR examines the debian/rules file to determine which patch
system the Debian package is using.

.PP
\fBwhat-patch\fR should be run from the root directory of the Debian source
package.

.SH OPTIONS
.PP
Listed below are the command line options for what-patch:
.TP
.B \-h or \-\-help
Display a help message and exit.
.TP
.B \-v
Enable verbose mode. This shall include the listing of any files modified
outside or the debian/ directory and report any additional details about the
patch system if available.

.SH AUTHORS
.PP
\fBwhat-patch\fR was written by Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>, Siegfried-A.
Gevatter <rainct@ubuntu.com>, and Daniel Hahler <ubuntu@thequod.de>, among
others. This manual page was written by Jonathan Patrick Davies <jpds@ubuntu.com>.
.PP
Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 2.

.SH SEE ALSO 
.PP
The Ubuntu MOTU team has some documentation about patch systems at the Ubuntu
wiki: \fBhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/PatchSystems\fR

.PP
.B cdbs-edit-patch(1), dbs-edit-patch(1), dpatch-edit-patch(1)