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Mention that the mimetype-functionality of GIO reqires update-mime-database and update-desktop-database at runtime. (#577128)
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@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ GNU make (http://www.gnu.org/software/make) is also recommended.
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In order to implement conversions between character sets,
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GLib requires an implementation of the standard iconv() routine.
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Most modern systems will have a suitable implementation, however
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many older systems lack an iconv() implementation. On such systems,
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many older systems lack an iconv() implementation. On such systems,
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you must install the libiconv library. This can be found at:
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http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
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If your system has an iconv implementation but you want to use
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libiconv instead, you can pass the --with-libiconv option to
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configure. This forces libiconv to be used.
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configure. This forces libiconv to be used.
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Note that if you have libiconv installed in your default include
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search path (for instance, in /usr/local/), but don't enable
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@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ it, you will get an error while compiling GLib because the
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iconv.h that libiconv installs hides the system iconv.
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If you are using the native iconv implementation on Solaris
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instead of libiconv, you'll need to make sure that you have
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instead of libiconv, you'll need to make sure that you have
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the converters between locale encodings and UTF-8 installed.
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At a minimum you'll need the SUNWuiu8 package. You probably
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should also install the SUNWciu8, SUNWhiu8, SUNWjiu8, and
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@ -62,19 +62,23 @@ available from:
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Support for extended attributes and SELinux in GIO requires
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libattr and libselinux.
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libattr and libselinux.
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Some of the mimetype-related functionality in GIO requires the
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update-mime-database and update-desktop-database utilities, which
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are part of shared-mime-info and desktop-file-utils, respectively.
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The Nitty-Gritty
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================
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Complete information about installing GLib can be found
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Complete information about installing GLib can be found
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in the file:
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docs/reference/glib/html/glib-building.html
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Or online at:
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http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-building.html
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@ -94,10 +98,10 @@ include file glibconfig.h is installed in:
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if you have a version in $prefix/include, this is out of date
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and should be deleted.
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.pc files for the various libraries are installed in
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.pc files for the various libraries are installed in
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$exec_prefix/lib/pkgconfig to provide information when compiling
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other packages that depend on GLib. If you set PKG_CONFIG_PATH
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so that it points to this directory, then you can get the
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so that it points to this directory, then you can get the
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correct include flags and library flags for compiling a GLib
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application with:
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@ -108,9 +112,11 @@ application with:
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Cross-compiling GLib
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====================
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Information about cross-compilation of GLib can be found
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Information about cross-compilation of GLib can be found
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in the file:
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docs/reference/glib/html/glib-cross-compiling.html
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Or online at:
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http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/stable/glib-cross-compiling.html
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README.in
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README.in
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=====================
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* The recommended way of using GLib has always been to only include the
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toplevel headers glib.h, glib-object.h and gio.h. GLib enforces this by
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generating an error when individual headers are directly included.
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To help with the transition, the enforcement is not turned on by
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toplevel headers glib.h, glib-object.h and gio.h. GLib enforces this by
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generating an error when individual headers are directly included.
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To help with the transition, the enforcement is not turned on by
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default for GLib headers (it is turned on for GObject and GIO).
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To turn it on, define the preprocessor symbol G_DISABLE_SINGLE_INCLUDES.
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Notes about GLib 2.16
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=====================
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* GLib now includes GIO, which adds optional dependencies against libattr
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and libselinux for extended attribute and SELinux support. Use
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and libselinux for extended attribute and SELinux support. Use
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--disable-xattr and --disable-selinux to build without these.
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Notes about GLib 2.10
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@ -67,18 +67,18 @@ Notes about GLib 2.10
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* The Unicode support has been updated to Unicode 4.1. This adds several
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new members to the GUnicodeBreakType enumeration.
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* The support for Solaris threads has been retired. Solaris has provided
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POSIX threads for long enough now to have them available on every
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Solaris platform.
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* The support for Solaris threads has been retired. Solaris has provided
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POSIX threads for long enough now to have them available on every
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Solaris platform.
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* 'make check' has been changed to validate translations by calling
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msgfmt with the -c option. As a result, it may fail on systems with
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older gettext implementations (GNU gettext < 0.14.1, or Solaris gettext).
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* 'make check' has been changed to validate translations by calling
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msgfmt with the -c option. As a result, it may fail on systems with
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older gettext implementations (GNU gettext < 0.14.1, or Solaris gettext).
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'make check' will also fail on systems where the C compiler does not
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support ELF visibility attributes.
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* The GMemChunk API has been deprecated in favour of a new 'slice
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allocator'. See the g_slice documentation for more details.
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* The GMemChunk API has been deprecated in favour of a new 'slice
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allocator'. See the g_slice documentation for more details.
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* A new type, GInitiallyUnowned, has been introduced, which is
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intended to serve as a common implementation of the 'floating reference'
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@ -117,20 +117,20 @@ Notes about GLib 2.6.0
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consideration, and use the gstdio wrappers to access files whose
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names have been constructed from strings returned from GLib.
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* Likewise, g_get_user_name() and g_get_real_name() have been changed
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to return UTF-8 on Windows, while keeping the old semantics for
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* Likewise, g_get_user_name() and g_get_real_name() have been changed
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to return UTF-8 on Windows, while keeping the old semantics for
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applications compiled against older versions of GLib.
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* The GLib uses an '_' prefix to indicate private symbols that
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must not be used by applications. On some platforms, symbols beginning
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with prefixes such as _g will be exported from the library, on others not.
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In no case can applications use these private symbols. In addition to that,
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GLib+ 2.6 makes several symbols private which were not in any installed
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must not be used by applications. On some platforms, symbols beginning
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with prefixes such as _g will be exported from the library, on others not.
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In no case can applications use these private symbols. In addition to that,
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GLib+ 2.6 makes several symbols private which were not in any installed
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header files and were never intended to be exported.
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* To reduce code size and improve efficiency, GLib, when compiled
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with the GNU toolchain, has separate internal and external entry
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points for exported functions. The internal names, which begin with
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* To reduce code size and improve efficiency, GLib, when compiled
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with the GNU toolchain, has separate internal and external entry
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points for exported functions. The internal names, which begin with
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IA__, may be seen when debugging a GLib program.
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* On Windows, GLib no longer opens a console window when printing
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@ -139,22 +139,22 @@ Notes about GLib 2.6.0
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stderr if you need to see them.
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* The child watch functionality tends to reveal a bug in many
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thread implementations (in particular the older LinuxThreads
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implementation on Linux) where it's not possible to call waitpid()
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for a child created in a different thread. For this reason, for
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maximum portability, you should structure your code to fork all
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thread implementations (in particular the older LinuxThreads
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implementation on Linux) where it's not possible to call waitpid()
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for a child created in a different thread. For this reason, for
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maximum portability, you should structure your code to fork all
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child processes that you want to wait for from the main thread.
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* A problem was recently discovered with g_signal_connect_object();
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it doesn't actually disconnect the signal handler once the object being
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connected to dies, just disables it. See the API docs for the function
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for further details and the correct workaround that will continue to
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* A problem was recently discovered with g_signal_connect_object();
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it doesn't actually disconnect the signal handler once the object being
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connected to dies, just disables it. See the API docs for the function
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for further details and the correct workaround that will continue to
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work with future versions of GLib.
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How to report bugs
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==================
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Bugs should be reported to the GNOME bug tracking system.
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Bugs should be reported to the GNOME bug tracking system.
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(http://bugzilla.gnome.org, product glib.) You will need
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to create an account for yourself.
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@ -167,12 +167,12 @@ In the bug report please include:
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And anything else you think is relevant.
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* How to reproduce the bug.
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* How to reproduce the bug.
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If you can reproduce it with one of the test programs that are built
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in the tests/ subdirectory, that will be most convenient. Otherwise,
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please include a short test program that exhibits the behavior.
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As a last resort, you can also provide a pointer to a larger piece
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If you can reproduce it with one of the test programs that are built
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in the tests/ subdirectory, that will be most convenient. Otherwise,
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please include a short test program that exhibits the behavior.
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As a last resort, you can also provide a pointer to a larger piece
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of software that can be downloaded.
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* If the bug was a crash, the exact text that was printed out
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@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Otherwise, enter a new bug report that describes the patch,
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and attach the patch to that bug report.
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Bug reports containing patches should include the PATCH keyword
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in their keyword fields. If the patch adds to or changes the GLib
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in their keyword fields. If the patch adds to or changes the GLib
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programming interface, the API keyword should also be included.
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Patches should be in unified diff form. (The -u option to GNU
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