Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 17:43:56 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: John Sconiers <jrs@enteract.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: proper way to apply diff Message-ID: <20000321174356.C21349@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000320152608.68256A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com>; from jrs@enteract.com on Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 03:27:19PM -0600 References: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000320152608.68256A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com>
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On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 03:27:19PM -0600, John Sconiers wrote: > What is the proper way (command) to apply a diff and recompile source? Depending on how the diff was taken, you can most of the time get it to work with: % cd /where/to/apply % patch -p0 < /path/to/patch.diff If you're not sure the diff applies cleanly, and you suspect it might fail to apply some hunks, then you can always add --check to the patch options, and see what *would* happen, i.e. % cd /where/to/apply % patch -po --check < /path/to/patch.diff 2>&1 | more Ciao, - Giorgos Keramidas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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