The Patch package contains a program for modifying files. &buildtime; &patch-time; &diskspace; &patch-compsize; &aa-patch-down; &aa-patch-dep;   Prepare Patch for compilation (setting the preprocessor flags to -D_GNU_SOURCE is only needed on PowerPCs, on other machines you can leave it out): CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE ./configure --prefix=/usr Compile the package: make And install it: make install &aa-patch-shortdesc; &aa-patch-desc;