On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:40:09 -0800, Brendan Cully wrote: >> * extract the original tarball >> * (apply any prerequisite patches; doesn't sound like this applies) >> * copy the tree to something.orig >> * apply your patch >> * do a quick sanity-check on the altered file ( >> * run 'diff -Naur' (or whatever they currently suggest in the patch >> man page) between the original tree and the patched tree to regenerate >> the fuzzy patch [dmacks suggested "diff -Nurd -x'*~'"] and save to a >> new patch file. > > fwiw quilt makes some of this more convenient: > > 1. extract the original tarball > 2. quilt import oldpatch > 3. quilt push > 4. quilt refresh > > and presto, the patches directory now has a nice unfuzzy patch.
thanks to the 2 of you (+dmacks). this answered so much more than my original question about fuzz. I'll have a go at generating using quilt as soon as possible (good to have options) but the diff procedure is very straightforward. RM ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
