On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:54 PM, tarun gulyani<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Please tell me how to add header in patch file. Actually i am creating patch > using "diff -Nur install.sh install_1.sh > gnowsys.patch". > > It giving error, when i am checking patch using "patch -p1 < > gnowsys.patch". > > > Error is : > > patch -p1 < gnowsys.patch > missing header for unified diff at line 4 of patch > can't find file to patch at input line 4 > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? > The text leading up to this was: > -------------------------- > |diff -Nur install.sh install_1.sh > |--- install.sh 2009-05-06 15:09:03.000000000 +0530 > |+++ install_1.sh 2009-07-07 15:00:18.000000000 +0530 > -------------------------- > File to patch: > Skip this patch? [y] > Skipping patch. > 9 out of 9 hunks ignored > > > Thanks and Regards > Tarun Gulyani > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
That would need 'patch -p0' rather than -p1, Either change the PatchScript, or try moving up one directory when you do the diff: diff -Nur Plone-2.5.2-UnifiedInstaller/install.sh Plone-2.5.2-UnifiedInstaller/install_1.sh > gnowsys.patch -- Alexander K. Hansen akh AT finkproject DOT org Fink User Liaison and Documenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/blackberry _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
