(Forgive me for the heading change, I wanted to make it more descriptve for the discussion) > > answer to number 2... > the .diff files have specific line numbers to patch, and if you even > added one line, you have to edit the patch file to the correct lines That is, if your sadistic :) Patch SHOULD have spewed some errors, but more importantly files ending in *.rej. These "reject" files contain the patch parts that couldn't be applied. It's the coder's (your) job to apply them by hand. The best trick I can give (on a general basis) is look for syntax. Most patch files have some lines before the segment to be patched. This will give you a good place to start to look. (Most of this is assuming that the patches are "new-context" diff patches (i.e. "diff -u"). Other formats might have the same features, but I don't see/use them much, because IMHO they are ugly and not user-friendly) Take care, Mark Crichton +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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