"John E. Malmberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/19/2006 08:48:51 AM:
> Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > > It's at http://zipcon.net/~sthoenna/mbaddfull123.patch > Is this something to fix this test, or does it add new functionality? > > I have no experience using the patch utility, so I probably could use > some hints as to the proper incantations of it's use. The README.vms file that shipped with perl 5.8.7 mentions these sites to pick up GNU patch as ported to VMS: http://www.crinoid.com/utils/ http://www.openvms.compaq.com/freeware/ It certainly looks like that latter URL could use some updating (I get redirected to http://h71000.www7.hp.com/freeware/ now, I am not sure if the hp web servers are geographically load balanced or something). In looking at the file that Yitzchak has put on his web server I note the following text at the top: diff -ruN perlpatch.orig/MANIFEST perlpatch/MANIFEST --- perlpatch.orig/MANIFEST 2006-01-12 19:56:56.000000000 +0000 +++ perlpatch/MANIFEST 2006-01-14 01:15:18.547657600 +0000 So if I set default to the directory where the MANIFEST. file has been unpacked I'd apply that patch, but I'd be sure to strip off 1 path directory. In other words: patch -p1 < mbaddfull123.patch The man page for GNU patch can be found within the distribution, or on a web server, e.g. at: http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/patch.1.html http://node1.yo-linux.com/cgi-bin/man2html?cgi_command=patch etc. Peter Prymmer
