Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 15:48:17 -0500 (EST) From: John Mills <jmmills@telocity.com> To: Brian <bri@sonicboom.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: patching Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0301071541040.3301-100000@otter.mills-atl.com> In-Reply-To: <20030107121915.P39895@entwistle.sonicboom.org>
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Freebies - On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Brian wrote: > I downloaded the relevant patch and .asc files to /tmp this am, and then > execute > > patch /tmp/filedesc.patch From 'man patch': ========================================================================= patch - apply a diff file to an original SYNOPSIS patch [options] [origfile [patchfile]] [+ [options] [orig- file]]... but usually just patch <patchfile ... ========================================================================= so try: patch < /tmp/filedesc.patch You may need to use '-p[1 2 3 ...]' depending on the relative paths to directory from which the patch was made and to where you are applying the patches. The usual indicator for this is an error message to the effect: 'Cannot find file <leadingpath>/<filename>. Name of file to patch:' - John Mills To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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