Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:20:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Andy Zammy <andyzammy@googlemail.com> Subject: Re: Dynamic Window Manager install with patch(es) Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109220816240.11525@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4E7B1781.30800@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <CANuHMWMXwZ1-tkLpYtATWGcesHiT9fzT9jgFjTwXfaLntQwLsw@mail.gmail.com> <4E7ADE4B.6010601@infracaninophile.co.uk> <CANuHMWNbgUk0Stbd3c7bLY-mUDs11MTsdOJHQgTtkqt%2B0PYJ3Q@mail.gmail.com> <4E7B1781.30800@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 22/09/2011 11:21, Andy Zammy wrote: >> File to patch: files/patch-defaultopacity >> No file found--skip this patch? [n] n >> File to patch: /usr/home/user/Downloads/dwm.defaultopacity.patch >> patch: **** malformed patch at line 9: @@ -52,6 +54,9 @@ >> => Patch patch-defaultopacity failed to apply cleanly. > > Um.. when it says 'file to patch', it means it wants the name of a file > to apply the patch /to/, not the file to read the patch /from/. There > are some requirements about relative paths in the diff file that I > entirely glossed over when I mentioned adding patches to the files > directory; unfortunately not all patches will 'just work' (tm). > > [[ Do this next bit after unpacking the distfiles but before building > the port. ie. after running these commands: > > # cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/dwm > # make clean ; make extract > > ]] Or after 'make patch', so the port patches have already been applied. Of course, port patches and manual patches can interfere with each other.
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