A new patch has been pushed to use -f instead of
reading (for redefining patches). This is the update
to the man page.

Reference: /n/patches.lsub.org/patch/patch-f
Date: Mon Apr 23 22:14:42 CES 2012
Signed-off-by: nemo@lsub.org

--- /sys/man/1/patch	Tue Apr 17 21:00:48 2012
+++ /sys/man/1/patch	Mon Apr 23 22:14:03 2012
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 patch \- simple patch creation and tracking system
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B patch/create
+[
+.B -f
+]
 .I name
 .I email
 .I files ...
@@ -21,6 +24,8 @@
 .PP
 .B patch/pull
 .PP
+.B patch/pullbin
+.PP
 .B patch/diff
 .I name
 .PP
@@ -77,8 +82,20 @@
 is either not used (from outside this tool) or is used to apply
 the patches in exactly the same order used by the main tree.
 .PP
+.I Patch/pullbin
+relies on
+.IR up (1)
+to suggest commands to update
+.B /386/bin
+and
+.B /386/lib
+with those found in the distribution.
+No remove command will be issued if a binary is
+removed from the distribution, and newer local binaries
+will be left alone.
+.PP
 .I Patch/create
-creates a new patch consisting of the changes to
+creates a new patch (or redefines an existing one) consisting of the changes to
 the listed files from the distribution, reading
 a description of the patch from standard input:
 please provide an explanation of what the change is supposed to do,
@@ -122,6 +139,14 @@
 further
 .I patch/pull
 calls in that tree will not try to apply an already applied patch.
+.PP
+Running
+.I patch/create
+with the name of an existing patch can be used to modify a not yet
+applied patch. In this case, flag
+.B -f
+must be supplied or the tool will refuse to continue, to prevent accidental
+redefinition of existing patches.
 .PP
 .I Patch/list
 displays information about the named patches,