On 2015-02-03 08:36:36 -0600, Conor Cook wrote:
> I suppose this is why I am wondering if I should be emailing through
> the regular mail list, rather than dev, because I’m not quite sure
> what to do with the patch. I managed to find the patch command, but
> when I run 'patch <patch-1.5.21hg.tamovl.sysdotlock.1’, I get:
> 
> patching file Makefile.am
> patching file configure.ac
> patching file Makefile.am
> Hunk #1 FAILED at 2.
> 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file Makefile.am.rej
> patching file init.h

You need to use the -p1 option:

  patch -p1 < patch-1.5.21hg.tamovl.sysdotlock.1

Then

  autoreconf

to rebuild the "configure" script. Several GNU development utilities
need to be installed: autoconf, automake, and perhaps others.

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