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Old 02-09-2005, 02:56 PM   #1
yourbrain48
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I feel like an idiot but how do you patch...


code that you want to compile.

Specifically the Sphinx text to speech that has problems with the gcc compiler

the patch is found at:
blahblah blah://lists.debian.org/debian-qa-packages/2004/08/msg00026.html
Thanks!
 
Old 02-09-2005, 03:18 PM   #2
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Well in that case you would save that diff (just the actual part that's the patch) as a file called patch (for example) and go to the directory where the source is and do

patch -px < patch

where x depends on what directory level you are in. it will be a number 0-4 or whatever... Depends on how many /'s you need to strip off the diff file. Man patch will give you some hints, tho trial and error might be quicker. The wrong number will just give an error
 
Old 02-11-2005, 05:38 PM   #3
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http://www.desktop-linux.net/bootsplash.htm


this provides a nice example of patching
 
  


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