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To: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
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Subject: Re: diff/patch question
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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 * > Hi Satoshi.  I am trying to keep up with changes I'm making in a port I'm 
 * > trying to develop, and so I'm using the info you gave me on diff.  I'm 
 * > having a strange problem, tho, and I hope you can help.  The project I'm 
 * > into uses imake, so one of the files is named site.def.  The file occurs 
 * > in the top project directory, and has to be changed, then deposited in 
 * > the project config directory, several layers down.  Patch keeps on 
 * > insisting that, since it finds the file in the top directory, I must have 
 * > made a mistake, so it patches it inthe top directory, and doesn't move it 
 * > down.  How can I force patch to believe I know what I want?
 * 
 * I am not Satoshi, but will try to answer this for you.  Use a -p0 option
 * to patch, that will tell patch to use the full pathname in the patch file.

I'm the Satoshi, and I'm not sure what you are asking.  If Rod
answered it, fine; otherwise, maybe you can help us understand exactly 
what you are trying to do.

One thing I know is that patch won't move files to different
directories for you.  If you need to do that, you should add a
pre-patch (or post-patch) rule to your port Makefile.

Satoshi