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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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
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