Re: cvs diff patch with new directories
That's right. Thanks! A new diff coming soon then. ;) On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 4:54 PM Stuart Henderson wrote: > > patch -Ep0 > > On 26 August 2020 20:32:11 "Elias M. Mariani" wrote: > >> Hi ports@, >> Sorry for this silly question. >> I'm trying to generate a diff file for an upcoming x11/lxqt update. >> But if I use "cvs diff > file.diff" and then try to apply it with >> "patch < file.diff" the new directories (*/patches) are not generated >> and the files just... drop in the working directory. (why?) >> The problem goes away if I create the "patches" directories manually. >> Is there a secret flag on cvs diff or patch to generate those directories ? >> I tried looking in man cvs, rcsdiff and patch but I didn't find an >> answer. And my almost zero experience with cvs is not making this >> easier. :) >> >> Cheers. >> Elias mariani@ > >
Re: cvs diff patch with new directories
patch -Ep0 On 26 August 2020 20:32:11 "Elias M. Mariani" wrote: Hi ports@, Sorry for this silly question. I'm trying to generate a diff file for an upcoming x11/lxqt update. But if I use "cvs diff > file.diff" and then try to apply it with "patch < file.diff" the new directories (*/patches) are not generated and the files just... drop in the working directory. (why?) The problem goes away if I create the "patches" directories manually. Is there a secret flag on cvs diff or patch to generate those directories ? I tried looking in man cvs, rcsdiff and patch but I didn't find an answer. And my almost zero experience with cvs is not making this easier. :) Cheers. Elias mariani@
Re: cvs diff patch with new directories
On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 04:31:32PM -0300, Elias M. Mariani wrote: > But if I use "cvs diff > file.diff" and then try to apply it with > "patch < file.diff" the new directories (*/patches) are not generated > and the files just... drop in the working directory. (why?) See the documentation of patch's -p flag (in fact, patch defaults to -p 957). Try 'patch -p 0 < file.diff'.
