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.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 [\-h] [\-v]
.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 for the debian/ directory and report any addition details about the
patch system if available.
.SH AUTHOR
.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>.
.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
.BR cdbs-edit-patch (1), dbs-edit-patch (1), patch-edit-patch (1)