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highfrequencyhertz

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[SOLVED] What do < and > mean?

In the Kernel/Arch Build System there is a pkgbuild patch that can be applied to stop it from building the documentation.

62d62
<   make htmldocs
190c190
< pkgname=("$pkgbase" "$pkgbase-headers" "$pkgbase-docs")
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> pkgname=("$pkgbase" "$pkgbase-headers")

What do the < and > symbols mean? They give errors when I keep them in, and when I remove them it works fine.

This is the link

Last edited by highfrequencyhertz (2021-09-21 01:48:02)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] What do < and > mean?

It's just a different diff/patch format from "+" and "-".  If you are applying the patch manually, you remove those symbols, but they also inform you on what to do.  Add/Insert the lines starting with '>' and remove the ones starting with '<'.  That also includes the line numbers: 62d62 means delete line 62 (or from line 62 to line 62), 190c190 means change / replace line 190 (again, from line 190 to line 190).

Last edited by Trilby (2021-09-20 14:15:49)

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Re: [SOLVED] What do < and > mean?

Mod note: not a kernel issue, moving to NC.

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highfrequencyhertz

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Re: [SOLVED] What do < and > mean?

Sorry for being late, but I suppose I should thank you for solving my problem.

Thank you.