Re: Patches

From: Randy W. Sims (ml-perl_at_ThePierianSpring.org)
Date: 12/31/04


Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:48:59 -0500
To: Octavian Rasnita <orasnita@fcc.ro>

Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know if there are perl modules for applying patches?
>
> I have seen on many lists that are provided some patches for some perl
> modules, and probably they can be applied automaticly under Unix using
> "patch" for .dif files, but I cannot do this under Windows.
>
> So, are there any perl modules that can do this job under Windows?
> (Because otherwise I have to do it manually and it is not very easy).

You can get a port of patch and diffutils from from the GnuWin32
project[1]. There is also WinMerge[2].

1. <http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/>
2. <http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/>



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