Re: How to apply patches?

Tony Nugent (tonyn@sctnugen.ppp.gu.edu.au)
Sun, 18 Feb 1996 00:35:13 +1000


Subbarao,

> I am a newbie to applying patches to the source. How do you apply
> patches to the source code? How do you create a patch file to apply
> to the source code?
>
> If you know of an FAQ or document on creating and appling patch files
> please let me know.

Check out the man pages for diff (which is used to create patch fles)
and patch (which is used to apply them).

Cheers
Tony
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