Files with the 'patch' extension would indicate they are patch files. If you were on MacOS or a Linux machine, you would probably have patch already installed. Since you're using Strawberry Perl, you'll have to get it on your machine to use the patch file you've obtained.

After a little searching, I found a port of patch for Windows from the GnuWin32 project, which I've used before. It is native Windows executables for UNIXy style programs.

Once you've installed patch, you can take your patch file and apply it in your Strawberry Perl distribution by redirecting it using the redirection operator:
patch < Object-Import-1-004-RT106769.patch

You might have to be in the directory where the Import.pm of your Object package is located, which would be most likely under C:\Strawberry\perl\lib\Object

UPDATE: Go ahead and follow VinsWorldcom's advice in Re: strawberry perl Windows and apply patch - I didn't know Strawberry already included a patch.exe in C:\Strawberry\c\bin

In reply to Re: strawberry perl Windows and apply patch by Sinistral
in thread strawberry perl Windows and apply patch by limner

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