Thanks... :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Portzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Diff questions
> Hi Roy, > > Normally, the command is > patch -p0 < filename.diff > > Make sure you are cd'd into the source directory before running that. > The number after the -p option identifies the number of directories to > strip off the filenames in the diff file (in this case zero). If you > get a bunch of horrible errors after running that, you might need "-p1" > or something. Often there will be instructions with the diff file > specifying this if necessary. > > Hope this helps, > > Jeremy > > On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 09:40, Roy Vestal wrote: > > I have a "n00b" question: > > When someone releases a .diff file, I recognize this as a change that needs to occur to what ever you are compiling (in my case, tkrat). How do you apply this, using "patch"? > > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
