Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!mcnc!duke!khera From: khera@thneed.cs.duke.edu (Vick Khera) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: How to patch? Message-ID: Date: 7 Mar 91 16:17:14 GMT References: Sender: news@duke.cs.duke.edu Organization: Duke University CS Dept., Durham, NC Lines: 28 Nntp-Posting-Host: thneed.cs.duke.edu In-reply-to: jc@raven.bu.edu's message of 7 Mar 91 14:53:21 GMT In article jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron) writes: >>>>> On 7 Mar 91 10:38:51 GMT, kleinj@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Justin the Blue) said: JB> We are a group of people who are learning how to compile utilities for JB> general system use. One of the things we are unfamiliar with is how to JB> implement patches. There are many things that we want to do, however, JB> that involve patches. Now, this method seems to be to save Bandwith but makes life for the rest of us...(if I am correct about most patches). Anyone care to futher explain it or perhaps correct anything I might have said incorrectly?? JC there is a program called patch which will read the output of diff, and apply them to the source files. works very well, and makes life easy for the rest of us. patch can be found at various archive sites, including prep.ai.mit.edu and jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vick Khera, Gradual Student/Systems Guy Department of Computer Science ARPA: khera@cs.duke.edu Duke University UUCP: ...!mcnc!duke!khera Durham, NC 27706 (919) 660-6528