That is about the most booby-trapped newbie question I have ever seen
:-). But I will have a go. Read the .diff files with less. Sometimes,
people who make .diff files put instructions in the beginning of the
file how to apply them. Also, sometimes, the package you want to patch
(apply the .diff to) will have a README or INSTALL file that will tell
you how to patch it. Make sure you have a tar[.gz] of the package you
are patching, to restore, in case you patch it wrong. The basic command
is
cd <package dir>
patch [-p<n>] <blah.diff
if the patch file contans lines
--- <old package version>/dir/file
+++ <new package version>/dir/file
you should use patch -p1 <blah.diff
If it has lines
--- dir/file
+++ dir/file
you want patch -p0 <blah.diff
If this doesn't make sense to you, have a nice long read of man patch.
:-)
Lawson
>< Microsoft free environment
This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, david wrote:
> dose any one know how to handle diff files
> eg
>
> i am installing & compiling the XFree86 source
> it works fine but i need to use the fixed files x.x.x.diff
> how do i use theas files
>
> Thank you
>
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