Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:34:21 +1030 From: Matthew May <mdmay74@internode.on.net> To: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Document for how to work with patches? Message-ID: <45CACB75.3070907@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <20070208045831.GA1340@crodrigues.org> References: <20070208045831.GA1340@crodrigues.org>
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Craig Rodrigues wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a FreeBSD document somewhere that explains how to > work with patches? As experienced FreeBSD developers, we often take > this for granted, but a lot of newbies do not. > Something that explains how to create a patch, how to apply a patch, etc. > would be useful. It would actually be useful to have this, not just > for FreeBSD, but for other open source projects. > Is `man patch` not sufficient? Mind you, looking at that on my current box (FBSD 6.1-R) I don't see the bit about using `diff -Naur original patched` which I'm sure I read somewhere... MAtt.
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