Quoth Ben Duncan:
> Ok Kurt . fill me in here.
>
> At "Patch" file is that which is the difference of compared to .
> The output of that is:
> -
> and
> +
Yup. Specifically, a patch file, or, rather, a "diff" represents
the changes you have to make to in order to produce .
>
> With the @
Quoth Ben Duncan:
> Thanks Kurt still pretty foggy, but the Sun IS starting to lift on it.
>
> Anyway, When the output of the DIFF is run in a patch routine,
> Do the "Minuses" get taken away and the "Pluses" added to the
> routine being patched ?
Yes.
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Conscience is a mother-in-law who
On 07/17/03 05:44, Ben Duncan wrote:
Thanks Kurt still pretty foggy, but the Sun IS starting to lift on it.
Anyway, When the output of the DIFF is run in a patch routine,
Do the "Minuses" get taken away and the "Pluses" added to the
routine being patched ?
I can field this one. The plusses
Ok Kurt . fill me in here.
At "Patch" file is that which is the difference of compared to .
The output of that is:
-
and
+
With the @@ stuff being
@@ -org_line,count +new_line,count @@
where < - > count is equal to all the matching lines INCLUDING the
- (minus) prefixed lines in the org file,
Thanks Kurt still pretty foggy, but the Sun IS starting to lift on it.
Anyway, When the output of the DIFF is run in a patch routine,
Do the "Minuses" get taken away and the "Pluses" added to the
routine being patched ?
Thanks ..
Kurt Wall wrote:
"@@ ... @@" characterizes a "hunk" or set of
Quoth Ben Duncan:
> Ok, I am removing what little hair I have left on my head.
>
> I am trying to patch the current kernel of 2.4.21-rc3 with the
> linux-abi (COFF / Sco emulation).
>
> Anyway,. have had to manually edit to get some of the stuff working.
>
> Now on some of the lines I am getting
Ok, I am removing what little hair I have left on my head.
I am trying to patch the current kernel of 2.4.21-rc3 with the
linux-abi (COFF / Sco emulation).
Anyway,. have had to manually edit to get some of the stuff working.
Now on some of the lines I am getting:
patch * malformed patch at l
