patch.exe missing from cygwin? [Newbie]

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, WINDOWS 98 wrote:

> Hi.  Just installed Cygwin, looking for patch.exe.  It has diff.exe, but
> no patch!  Any idea how I can get this utility?  It doesn't necessarily
> have to be through Cygwin.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> - AAA

The package search page (<http://cygwin.com/packages/>, search for
"patch.exe") shows that patch.exe is part of the "patch" package, which is
not installed by default.
	Igor
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