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Port details on branch 2023Q1
patch GNU patch utility
2.8 devel Σ=57 search for ports that depend on this port An older version of this port was marked as vulnerable. Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 2.8Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: danfe@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: unknown
Last Update: 2026-03-11 01:29:52
Commit Hash: edb0110
People watching this port, also watch: gmake, unzip, libiconv, gettext, zip
License: GPLv3+
WWW:
https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/
Description: #
The patch program takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by the diff program and applies those differences to one or more original files, producing patched versions.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages: #
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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  1. bin/gpatch
  2. share/man/man1/gpatch.1.gz
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/patch-2.8/catalog.mk
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/patch-2.8/LICENSE
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/patch-2.8/GPLv3+
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • patch>0:devel/patch
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/devel/patch/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install devel/patch
  • pkg install patch
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: patch
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port. #
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1743267130 SHA256 (patch-2.8.tar.xz) = f87cee69eec2b4fcbf60a396b030ad6aa3415f192aa5f7ee84cad5e11f7f5ae3 SIZE (patch-2.8.tar.xz) = 907208
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
patch
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64leriscv64
FreeBSD:13:latest2.82.8n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly2.82.8n/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest2.82.82.7.6_22.7.6_22.82.7.6_2-2.7.6_2-
FreeBSD:14:quarterly2.82.8-2.7.6_22.82.7.6_22.7.6_22.7.6_2-
FreeBSD:15:latest2.82.8n/a2.7.6_2n/an/a2.7.6_22.7.6_2-
FreeBSD:15:quarterly2.82.8n/a-n/an/a---
FreeBSD:16:latest2.82.8n/a-n/an/a---
Dependencies #
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Test dependencies: #
  1. bash : shells/bash
This port is required by: #
for Build #
  1. archivers/dpkg
  2. deskutils/joplin-desktop
  3. devel/quilt
  4. devel/xtensa-esp-elf
  5. editors/libreoffice
  6. editors/openoffice-4
  7. editors/openoffice-devel
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  2. misc/onnxruntime
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Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. devel/baz*
  2. devel/bazaar*
  3. devel/tla*
  4. devel/xtensa-esp32-elf*
  5. editors/libreoffice-legacy*
  6. editors/libreoffice4*
  7. editors/openoffice-3*
  8. editors/openoffice-3-devel*
  9. editors/openoffice.org-3*
  10. editors/openoffice.org-3-RC*
  11. editors/openoffice.org-3-devel*
  12. editors/openoffice.org-vcltesttool*
  13. java/eclipse-devel*
  14. math/sage*
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for Patch #
  1. www/ungoogled-chromium
for Run #
  1. archivers/dpkg
  2. devel/quilt

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. devel/baz*
  2. devel/bazaar*
  3. devel/tla*
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* - deleted ports are only shown under the This port is required by section. It was harder to do for the Required section. Perhaps later...
Configuration Options: #
===> The following configuration options are available for patch-2.8: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name: #
devel_patch
USES: #
charsetfix cpe tar:xz
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message #
Master Sites: #
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  1. ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/gnu/patch/
  2. ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
  3. ftp://mirrors.rit.edu/gnu/patch/
  4. http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/gnu/patch/
  5. http://mirror.navercorp.com/gnu/patch/
  6. https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
  7. https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/patch/
  8. https://mirror.netcologne.de/gnu/patch/
  9. https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/patch/
  10. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/gnu/gnu/patch/
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