#773921 patch: Typo in patch man page

Package:
patch
Source:
patch
Description:
Apply a diff file to an original
Submitter:
John Scott
Date:
2015-01-24 10:45:04 UTC
Severity:
minor
#773921#5
Date:
2014-12-25 18:15:06 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

	I couldn't help but noticing a very minor typo in the man page for patch. If you run the command 'man patch', you
will notice at the very top that it says 'but usually just patch -pnum <patchfile'. If you didn't notice, they put
'<patchfile' instead of '<patchfile>'. This should read once corrected 'but usually just patch -pnum <patchfile>'.
#773921#10
Date:
2015-01-24 10:33:18 UTC
From:
To:
Hi John,
 The manpage documents the correct way of usage, patch reads the
standard input and doesn't handle non-option arguments. As such '<'
stands for redirect to standard input. If you use 'patch -pnum
/path/to/your/diff' then patch will wait on you to type in the diff
yourself from the keyboard. If you have time, you can test it.

Regards,
Laszlo/GCS