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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&diffutils-i18n-patch;</userinput></screen>
+ <para>The above patch will cause the Diffutils build system to attempt to
+ rebuild the <filename>diff.1</filename> man page using the unavailable
+ program <command>help2man</command>. The result is an unreadable man page for
+ <command>diff</command>. We can avoid this by updating the timestamp on
+ the file <filename>man/diff.1</filename>:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>touch man/diff.1</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Prepare Diffutils for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>