How to create patches for text files (source code) - I got acquainted with the diff and patch programs built into Linux . And how to create patches for .exe files sitting on Linux that will run on Windows ? Will wine be required? And in addition, it turns out that when a program is updated, is it in fact patched or is a program update a different process?

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    patches for binary files are almost meaningless. but if there is nothing else to do, then: superuser.com/q/283008/454489 - aleksandr barakin
  • @alexanderbarakin patch exe - holy work! Troy doesn’t want to work - we have to patch ... - Vladimir Martyanov
  • @ Vladimir Martianov, yes, I’m aware of the legends about how hackers, in those days when computers were big, read hexadecimal code "from the sheet" and even typed in the keyboard the code of the operating system loader. Probably, the term “patch the binary” (for all its senseless ruthlessness) comes from those legends. - aleksandr barakin
  • @alexanderbarakin yes there is no drag. Anything may be needed ... - Vladimir Martyanov
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    I don’t remember if diff and patch can diff and patch binary files, but if they are needed for Windows, google gnuwin diff and gnuwin patch. Or take for example mingw, there will immediately be a bunch of standard utilities. - insolor

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