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A '''patch''' is a modification to [[vanilla]] [[NetHack]] not created by the DevTeam. Hundreds of patches can be found at the [http://bilious.homelinux.org/ Nethack Patch Database]. Historically, a small handful of popular patches have been incorporated into official releases. | A '''patch''' is a modification to [[vanilla]] [[NetHack]] not created by the DevTeam. Hundreds of patches can be found at the [http://bilious.homelinux.org/ Nethack Patch Database]. Historically, a small handful of popular patches have been incorporated into official releases. | ||
| − | '''patch''' is also a program that can apply specially formed patch (also known as "diff" after the program that creates them) files. The usual invocation of patch is along the lines of | + | '''patch''' is also a program that can apply specially formed patch (also known as "[[diff]]" after the program that creates them) files. The usual invocation of patch is along the lines of |
patch -p1 < patch_file | patch -p1 < patch_file | ||
Revision as of 03:03, 21 September 2006
A patch is a modification to vanilla NetHack not created by the DevTeam. Hundreds of patches can be found at the Nethack Patch Database. Historically, a small handful of popular patches have been incorporated into official releases.
patch is also a program that can apply specially formed patch (also known as "diff" after the program that creates them) files. The usual invocation of patch is along the lines of
patch -p1 < patch_file
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