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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2020
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven Francis Best, Westford, MA (US);
David Bryce Arcari, Westford, MA (US);
RED HAT, INC., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A method includes, receiving a first version of a software patch for an application. The method further includes receiving a second version of the software patch, the second version being associated with an upstream version of the application. The method further includes, comparing the first version of the software patch with the second version of the software patch, the comparing accounting for differences between the first version of the software patch and the second version of the software patch that result from differences between the application and the upstream version of the application. The method further includes, in response to comparing, tagging the first version of the software patch as a match when there are no differences other than the differences between the first version of the software patch and the second version of the software patch that result from differences between the application and the upstream version of the application.