
                          REDUCE PATCHES LIBRARY

The files in this library describe patches to fix various bugs and problems
that have been discovered in REDUCE 3.4.  The actual bugs fixed are listed,
together with the date of correction and the relevant file changed, in the
file "bugs-fixed".  For each file in the 15 July 1991 release that has been
patched, there is a file <name>.patch in this library.  The patches have
been produced by the UNIX "diff -c" command, which lists lines around
differences between the old (15 July 1991) and new files respectively.
Changed lines are marked by an exclamation point.  Additions and deletions
are marked by "+" and "-" respectively.

These changes are relatively easy, although tedious, to apply by hand.  UNIX
users however are strongly advised to use the "patch" program by Larry Wall
to apply them automatically.  Although not part of standard UNIX releases,
this program has long been distributed by the mod.sources newsgroup on
USENET and is easily obtained from well-known public domain software servers
on USENET and ARPANET.  Please contact reduce@rand.org if you have trouble
obtaining this program.
