On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 08:32:20 +0000 (UTC), Martin wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> "Curtis L. Olson" wrote: > > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > >>..what am I doing wrong here? patch -p1 < never failed me even > >>when the kernel said use " patch -p0 < ". > > The '-p<something>'-switch is not for arbitrary parameters, it has > some real sense :-) Please have a look at the manpage, it doesn't > make sense for me to rephrase what's already written there. .. ;o) ..it's more like "from where (which path root) was I supposed to apply the patch." ;-) > > I rarely manage to get the patch util to work [perfectly] which is > > one reason I like to avoid it. Inevitably, something has changed > > somewhere which causes an odd hunk or two to fail ... > > This is why I like 'patch' so much: It gives you a measure to > determine if you have further difficulties to fear. If you deal with > complete files then some small changes might slip in and you probably > never notice, > > Martin. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
