On Sun, 9 Mar 2014 16:22:57 +0000 Colin Percival <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 03/09/14 09:21, tarsnap wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Mar 2014 15:36:28 +0000 > > Colin Percival <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 03/09/14 06:57, tarsnap wrote: > >>> I'm afraid something went wrong, any idea what it is? > >>> > >>> [user@fedora-18-x64-use netpacket]$ patch netpacket_op.c < > >>> tarsnap_retryforever.patch > >> > >> ^^^ this command line should have been just > >> $ patch < tarsnap_retryforever.patch > >> > >> since the patch modifies several different files, not just > >> netpacket_op.c > >> > > > > Ok, and the directory from where I issued the command, was at least > > that one correct? > > Oh, I didn't notice that. No, you need to run the command from the > main tarsnap source code directory. Ok, so I did, and it kept asking for file locations, so I just pointed to the respective files to be patched. It compiled ok and started running ok. I disconnected the network and let it sit for 10 minutes (more than the 5 minutes you indicated earlier that it would try), spewing out its complaints and after reconnecting the network it re-established connection. In short: it works. thanks, > > (Sorry for asking, this is my first patch work.) >
