Re: I've been caught out
On Monday, January 24, 2022 5:19:13 AM EST Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > gene@coyote:~/Debian-arm/linux$ patch -p1 ../patches/*.patch
> > patch: ../patches/0001-mm-memcg-Disable-threshold-event-handlers-on-
> > PREEMPT.patch: extra operand
>
> man patch says
>
> patch [options] [originalfile [patchfile]]
>
> With "patchfile" being singular i'd expect that it refuses if you give
> more than one.
> Further it does not look as if you give an "originalfile", which is
> demanded by the common []-bracket around "originalfile [patchfile]".
>
> So what file do you want to change by the patch ?
> Does ../patches/*.patch evaluate to a single file ?
>
No, its a directory with many patches. IMO patch should take them, in
their sorted order, until its out of patches. Or do we have a gui to
oversee that, something like kompare maybe? I'll take a look.
> (I get that error if i give three dummy file arguments.
> If i give two i get a lot of "Hunk ... FAILED at .." because my second
> file is no properly formatted patch.
> If i give one, the program waits for standard input.)
>
>
> Have a nice day :)
>
> Thomas
>
Thanks Thomas, stay well now.
> .
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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