Re: FVWM: How to apply patches ..

From: Kjetil Klonteig <kjetilkl_at_login.eunet.no>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 20:43:54 +0200

At 14:03 23.09.96 -0700, you wrote:

>> This might be a stupid newbie question, but how do i apply the patches
>> posted here? -I have tried 'patch < patchfile' but that doesn't do it
for me...
>
>go to /usr/src
>do patch -p0 < patchfilename
>
>normally, anyways :)

Well, -that's fine, -but i get these error messages and the patch aborts
(Have tried it on at least 3 different patches just now);

Hmm... Looks like a context diff to me...
The text leading up to this
was:
--------------------------
|***
fvwm-2.0.43/modules/FvwmButtons/parse.c.orig Thu Jun 27 10:46:22 1996
|--- fvwm-2.0.43/modules/FvwmButtons/parse.c Tue Jul 9 13:07:27 1996
--------------------------
Patching file
fvwm-2.0.43/modules/FvwmButtons/parse.c using Plan A...
(Fascinating--this
is really a new-style context diff but without
the telltale extra asterisks
on the *** line that usually indicate
the new style...)
Hunk #1 failed at
670.
1 out of 1 hunks failed--saving rejects to
fvwm-2.0.43/modules/FvwmButtons/parse.c.rej
Hmm... The next patch looks
like a context diff to me...
The text leading up to this
was:
--------------------------
|***
fvwm-2.0.43/modules/FvwmButtons/FvwmButtons.c.orig Thu Jun 27 10:45:30 1996
|--- fvwm-2.0.43/modules/FvwmButtons/FvwmButtons.c Wed Sep 11 10:31:58 1996
--------------------------
Patching file
fvwm-2.0.43/modules/FvwmButtons/FvwmButtons.c using Plan A...
patch: ****
malformed patch at line 26: efined AIXV3 || defined _SEQUENT_


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Received on Tue Sep 24 1996 - 13:48:23 BST

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