Re: How to apply a patch?
On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Pontus Edvardsson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This must be a very basic thing, I guess, but would appriciate if someone
> took the time to answer.
>
> I wish to patch my kernelsource-tree... I've tried the 'patch -p0
> <patchname>' command, and it does not seem to do anything at all, just hangs
> and does not return a prompt. This is my first patch-attempt ever, so some
> guidance would be much apriciated!
>
patch reads standard input so you have to redirect it like so:
patch -p0 < <patchname>
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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
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