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+SUMMARY = "Tool for applying a patch file"
+DESCRIPTION = "patch 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."
+SECTION = "utils"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/"
+
+SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/patch/patch-${PV}.tar.gz"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/patch-${PV}"
+
+inherit autotools update-alternatives
+
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "patch"
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"