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osc~

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From: brazil

Registered: 2007-07-06

Posts: 117

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patches???

hello

does anyone know where i can find some tutorials on how to make patches.
i am making some packages and it is necessary sometimes to know.
cheers
PS
i know nothing of C and C++

bangkok_manouel

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From: indicates a starting point

Registered: 2005-02-07

Posts: 1,556

Re: patches???

need a patch to fix google on your machine :-P ?
some links

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: patches???

diff -u old_source.c new_source.c > lala.patch

or if you want recursive

diff -u -r old_dir/ old_dir/ > lala.patch

Last edited by wonder (2008-06-20 18:06:15)

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timetrap

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From: Here and There

Registered: 2008-06-05

Posts: 342

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Re: patches???

This will create a patch of the differences between file1 and file2

diff -ruN file1 file2 > file.patch

This will patch file1 to be like file2

patch -Np0 < file.patch

Last edited by timetrap (2008-06-20 20:55:25)

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nj

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Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 93

Re: patches???

Lately I have been using git for creating patches since it saves me from having to copy the files around.

$ git init
$ git add *.c *.h
$ git commit -m initial
edit files
$ git diff > file.patch