On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 06:08:57AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On Monday, January 24, 2022 5:19:13 AM EST Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > gene@coyote:~/Debian-arm/linux$ patch -p1 ../patches/*.patch > > > patch: ../patches/0001-mm-memcg-Disable-threshold-event-handlers-on- > > > PREEMPT.patch: extra operand > > > > man patch says > > > > patch [options] [originalfile [patchfile]] > > > > With "patchfile" being singular i'd expect that it refuses if you give > > more than one. > > Further it does not look as if you give an "originalfile", which is > > demanded by the common []-bracket around "originalfile [patchfile]". > > > > So what file do you want to change by the patch ? > > Does ../patches/*.patch evaluate to a single file ? > > > No, its a directory with many patches. IMO patch should take them, in > their sorted order, until its out of patches.
The man page disagrees with you on that, as Thomas notes :) > Or do we have a gui to > oversee that, something like kompare maybe? I'll take a look. See my other answer for a quick-and-dirty proposal. There are several patch managers around which help you on that -- quilt is one of them. Cheers -- tomás
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