> Imagine we have a /usr/local/src/xmame-0.56.2 directory. > put the patch in /usr/local/src, bunzip2 it, and type : > patch -p0 < 0.56.2-0.57.1.diff
ah, so '-p0' is the magic option. It used to be that you just changed into the xmame source directory and did 'patch < difffile' as the diffs were in the same tree. do that now and it doesnt work. I also tried running thw patch from the directory above but that just left all the old and new files in my home directory ?! thiugh the above method doesnt work for me either... bash-2.05a$ patch -p0 < 0.56.1-0.57.1.diff Hmm... Looks like a unified diff to me... The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |diff -Nur xmame-0.56.1/makefile.unix xmame-0.57.1/makefile.unix |--- xmame-0.56.1/makefile.unix Tue Nov 13 21:13:38 2001 |+++ xmame-0.57.1/makefile.unix Sat Jan 5 19:43:18 2002 -------------------------- File to patch: is that because it is looking for the .56.1 directory despite being a .56.2 patch ? So I tried renaming the directory tho get round that and got... Hmm... The next patch looks like a unified diff to me... The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |diff -Nur xmame-0.56.1/src/common.c xmame-0.57.1/src/common.c |--- xmame-0.56.1/src/common.c Sun Nov 4 11:58:07 2001 |+++ xmame-0.57.1/src/common.c Tue Jan 1 19:45:51 2002 -------------------------- Patching file xmame-0.56.1/src/common.c using Plan A... Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [y] I also tried just calling the directiry xmame-src and applying -p1 but that gives much the same results as the renamed directory version... ??? -bat. [eventually I just downloaded the whole tree like I usually do...] _______________________________________________ Xmame mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://toybox.twisted.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/xmame
