Meta::Development::Patch - object which represents a patch.

Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Mark Veltzer; All rights reserved.

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	MANIFEST: Patch.pm
	PROJECT: meta
	VERSION: 0.01

	package foo;
	use Meta::Development::Patch qw();
	my($patch)=Meta::Development::Patch->new();
	$patch->set_file("linux-2.4.17-dj-2.patch");
	my($file_list)=$patch->file_list();

This object encapsulates the concepts of a patch file. A patch file is a file generated by running diff on two directories and contains the difference between the files in the two directories. Read more about patch in "man patch" and "man diff".

You can construct the object using a patch that you generated using two directories. You can then apply the patch on a directory or list the files which participate in the patch.

	BEGIN()
	file_list($)
	TEST($)

BEGIN()

This method will set up a constructor with a new method and an accessor for attribute file.

file_list($)

This method will return the list of files which participate in the patch.

TEST($)

This is a testing suite for the Meta::Development::Patch module. This test is should be run by a higher level management system at integration or release time or just as a regular routine to check that all is well.

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	Name: Mark Veltzer
	Email: mailto:veltzer@cpan.org
	WWW: http://www.veltzer.org
	CPAN id: VELTZER

	0.00 MV SEE ALSO section fix
	0.01 MV md5 issues

Meta::Baseline::Aegis(3), Meta::Class::MethodMaker(3), Meta::Utils::System(3), strict(3)

-do actual parsing of the patch file

-enable methods to list which lines are changed, original and new lines and more...