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@author "Stefan Fuchs"
@(c) "Stefan Fuchs"

@node "Main" "PatchList Documentation"

      PatchList V2.3 -- List patches installed with patch.library

    Copyright © Stefan Fuchs, November 1997. Freely distributable.




Click on one of the following topics for more detailed information:


        @{" Motivation   " link "Motivation" 0}  Why I wrote PatchList
        @{" Requirements " link "Requirements" 0}  What is needed for using PatchList
        @{" Installation " link "Installation" 0}  How to install PatchList
        @{" Notes        " link "Notes" 0}  What you should know as well
        @{" Usage        " link "Usage" 0}  What options can be specified
        @{" Bugreports   " link "Bugreports" 0}  What I need, if you find a bug

        @{" Distribution " link "Distribution" 0}  Conditions for redistribution 
        @{" History      " link "History" 0}  Information about past and present versions
        @{" Author       " link "Author" 0}  How to get in touch with the author


Click on the CONTENTS button at the top to return here at any time.

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@node "Motivation" "Motivation"
This one was written for all Amigians (like me), who want to know what is going on on
their machines. It shows infos about patches applied via patch.library to your system.

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@node "Requirements" "Requirements"
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

- Any Amiga with any Kickstart version
  (Kick V2.0+ is required for commandline options)
- patch.library v4+ must be installed in libs:
  (make sure you have the latest version)
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@node "Installation" "Installation"
'PatchList' can be placed anywhere you like. 
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@node "Notes" "Notes"
NOTES & WARNINGS & KNOWN BUGS:
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@node "Usage" "Usage"
The following commandline options are available for PatchList:
(Note: Kickstart V2.0+ is required for commandline options)

PROJECTS - Print patches sorted by projects

SHORT	 - Print a short overview of installed patches

FULL	 - Include printing of TaskLists

GLOBAL	 - Print global infos about patch.library (version, flags etc..)

DUMP	 - Print detailed debugging information including memory pointers,
	   internal flags, etc  (for debugging only)
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@node "Bugreports" "Bugreports"
If you find any bugs with PatchList please send me
a bugreport containing the following information:

- What versions of patch.library and PatchList (and PatchSetFunc) are you using?

- What exactly goes wrong?

- What must be done to reproduce the bug?

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@node "History" "History"

V2.3: FIX: Deadlock problem with new patch.library V6 Beta
      ENHANCEMENT: Recompiled with SAS/C V6.58

Most important changes since the V1.x versions:
- PatchList now knows about new features introduced with patch.library
  V3 and V4: (Projects, TaskLists, ....)
- If the FD: assignment is found the name of the patched function, instead
  of the LVO, is given.
- You can press CTRL-C to abort PatchList
- The source is no longer available, as PatchList now uses lots of
  patch.library private stuff
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@node "Distribution" "Distribution"
This material is © Copyright 1993-97 by Stefan Fuchs. All rights reserved.

It may be distributed freely as long as the following restrictions are met:

- The distributor may charge a fee to recover distribution costs.
  The fee for diskette distribution should not be more than
  the cost to obtain the same diskette from Fred Fish.

- The distributor agrees to cease distributing the programs and
  data involved if requested to do so by the author.

- You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the program's
  executable code and documentation as you receive it, in any
  medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately
  publish only the original, unmodified program, with all
  copyright notices and disclaimers of warranty intact and
  including all the accompanying documentation, example files and
  anything else that came with the original.

- If you are interested in including any of this material in a commercial
  product, you should contact the author for his permission.

- The author will not be liable for any damage arising from the
  failure of the programs or the library to perform as described,
  or any destruction of other programs using the library residing
  on a system. While I know of no damaging errors, the user of this
  package uses it at his or her own risk.


This package may be distributed in PD-series (e.g.: the Fred Fish library) or
on the Aminet.
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@node "Author" "Author"
To contact the author for bugreports, hints, ideas, donations, ....
write to:


Stefan Fuchs			E-Mail: snfuchs@sokrates.franken.de
Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 49	Fido:   Stefan Fuchs@2:2490/1901

D-90478 Nuernberg
GERMANY
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