Hi Mark, As usual you set me on the right path. Thanks.
On 1/11/2015 1:06 AM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > On 01/08/2015 04:35 PM, Dennis Putnam wrote: > >> I do have the patch files, but I question if they are directly >> compatible with this version so I haven't tried that yet. > > Usually when applying patches from a prior version, there are at most > only minor line number offsets. Occasionally there are more serious > conflicts that have to be resolved by hand, but this is normally not > difficult if you understand what the patch is doing. > > The only way to know is to apply the patches and see the results. if the > patch command doesn't complain, that patch is good. if it complains only > about line # offsets, it's almost certainly still good, and you can diff > the .orig file the patch command makes with the new file to get a new > patch with correct line numbers. If it complains about failed hunks, you > have to manually examine the .rej file to see the problems and figure > out how to fix them. Often the changed code is good, but the patch fails > because one of the adjacent lines changed. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/dap1%40bellsouth.net
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