Drew Ames wrote: > Now I have another question. How do I make the patch in the link above > into a .patch file that I can apply? > > Do I fill out the Submitted By, Date, Initial Package Version, > Upstream Status, Origin, and Description, at the top, paste in the > information from the link starting at the line with the diff command, > and then give it all a .patch extension?
You need an original and a modified version: diff -u modified orig > name.patch Then edit the patch to add the other info at the top. The 'orig' and 'modified' are generally the package top level directory as in: orig: file.c modified: file.c -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
