On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Pontus Edvardsson wrote: > Hi, > > This must be a very basic thing, I guess, but would appriciate if someone > took the time to answer. > > I wish to patch my kernelsource-tree... I've tried the 'patch -p0 > <patchname>' command, and it does not seem to do anything at all, just hangs > and does not return a prompt. This is my first patch-attempt ever, so some > guidance would be much apriciated! >
patch reads standard input so you have to redirect it like so: patch -p0 < <patchname> -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>