NAME

       what-patch - detect which patch system a Debian package uses

SYNOPSIS

       what-patch [options]

DESCRIPTION

       what-patch examines the debian/rules file to determine which patch system the Debian package is using.

       what-patch should be run from the root directory of the Debian source package.

OPTIONS

       Listed below are the command line options for what-patch:

       -h, --help
              Display a help message and exit.

       -v     Enable  verbose  mode.  This will include the listing of any files modified outside or the debian/
              directory and report any additional details about the patch system if available.

AUTHORS

       what-patch was written by Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>,  Siegfried-A.  Gevatter  <rainct@ubuntu.com>,  and
       Daniel Hahler <ubuntu@thequod.de>, among others.  This manual page was written by Jonathan Patrick Davies
       <jpds@ubuntu.com>.

       Both are released under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.

SEE ALSO

       The   Ubuntu   MOTU   team   has   some   documentation   about   patch   systems  at  the  Ubuntu  wiki:
       https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/PatchSystems

       cdbs-edit-patch(1), dbs-edit-patch(1), dpatch-edit-patch(1)

DEBIAN                                          Debian Utilities                                   WHAT-PATCH(1)