Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 13:57:39 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: KayHayen AT smooth DOT netzservice DOT de
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Binary releases of djgpp, patches?
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On Fri, 23 May 1997, Kay Hayen wrote:

> Now my question: Is there interest in optional patches for the binary  
> versions of djgpp?
> 
> If so this could easily be done with BinPatch, since it easily handles  
> directory structures and is free for non-commercial usage. As patching the  
> djgpp binaries would be.

I think such a utility is a good idea, provided that somebody
maintains a site where binary patches can be downloaded.

And btw, the next version of GNU Patch program will support patching
binary files using binary diffs generated by GNU Diff.  You might
consider comparing BinPatch with GNU Patch to see whether there are
any significant advantages.