On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 08:55:57AM +0000, Jules Bean wrote: > > > I usually extract the new one (or apply a patch if that is the method), > > > gunzip -dc old_version.diff.gz > somefile, then edit that 'somefile' and > > > replace all instances of progdirectory-1.2.0 with progdirectory-1.2.1. > > > Then apply that new diff with patch -p0 < somefile. And then clean up the > > > .rej and .orig files and apply the missing stuff manually. > > > > The editing isn't necessary. > > > > Simply patch -p1 < somefile and it will ignore the first directory > > component (the versioned directory). > > Cool! So, I should just do > cd prog-oldversion; zcat ../prog_oldversion.diff.gz | patch -p1 > and it will work? I'll try.
cd prog-newversion; zcat ../prog_oldversion.diff.gz | patch -p1 that should be. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
