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wiggle


Information about the package, wiggle, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The wiggle package is designed for, A tool for applying patches with conflicts.


Package Name:

wiggle

Summary:

A tool for applying patches with conflicts

Description:

Wiggle is a program for applying patches that 'patch' cannot apply due to conflicting changes in the original. Wiggle will always apply all changes in the patch to the original. If it cannot find a way to cleanly apply a patch, it inserts it in the original in a manner similar to 'merge', and reports an unresolvable conflict.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.6

Release:

6.el6

Size:

37 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for wiggle


Control the wiggle package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install wiggle

This command will install wiggle on the server.

yum remove wiggle

This command will un-install wiggle on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wiggle, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove wiggle

This command will un-install wiggle on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove wiggle when using the -y flag.

yum update wiggle

This command will update wiggle to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wiggle, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update wiggle

This command will update wiggle to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove wiggle when using the -y flag.

yum info wiggle

This command will show you core information about the wiggle package.

yum deplist wiggle

This command will show you the dependencies for wiggle. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update wiggle

This command will check if there is an update waiting on wiggle. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.