On 5 Dec 1996, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
> >>>>> Min Li writes:
>
> Min> I know these must be very basic questions -- what is a fvwm
> Min> patch? How can I use it with fvwm? I just switched to fvwm2 on
> Min> Solaris2.5 system.Help me please!
>
> The program "diff" can show you differences between files. Let's say
> you have two files foo and bar which are equal except for the third
> line, then the command "diff foo bar" will show you output telling you
> that the third line differs and what the third line looks like in the
> files foo and bar, respectively.
>
> Then, there is a program "patch" which uses a description as produced
> by "diff" and can apply the changes. Say you have the file foo and
> the diff output from above, then running "patch" will put these two
> together and create the file bar.
>
> What this means for fvwm is that Andrew went ahead and modified the
> source code for fvwm. He used the program "diff" to produce a file
> showing the differences between his modified version and the original.
>
> You can now use that diff output to apply those same modifications to
> the fvwm sources. Thus, you get your copy of fvwm which is equal to
> Andrew's and has Andrew's new features.
>
> Such an output from "diff" to be used with "patch" is called a patch.
>
> hth,
> kai
This is of course correct, but more generally, a patch is any modification
to existing software, usually used in the context of an upgrade...
> I wonder why nobody don't like me,
> or is it de fact dat I'm ugly? -- Harry Belafonte
>
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Received on Thu Dec 05 1996 - 09:03:23 GMT