On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Ryan Kahn wrote:
> I have a bunch a few .rej files from a recent attempt at a patch...
> I want to hand install it.. but there is one slight problem....
>
> I know +is add and - is remove.. ! is change, but WHAT do I change?
It tells you what to change.
*** old.file.c Day Mon Dt 00:00:00 1999
--- new.file.c Day Mon Dt 00:00:00 1999
***************
*** XX,YY ****
... (context)
! blah blah
... (context)
--- XX,YY ----
... (context)
! blah bleh
... (context)
Note that the lines below the "*** XX,YY ****" but above the "--- XX,YY
----" line are from the file specified after the "***" at the beginning of
the file. Every context diff file should have "***" be the old file and
"---" be the new file, although don't be surprised to find if someone has
built their patch backwards (patch will ordinarily report this to you,
though). Anyway, the old.file.c (***) section with the "!" tells you what
to change, the new.file.c (---) section with the "!" tells you how to
change it. Simple, right?
If the WTfaq isn't clear about this, I suggest an update.
-dak
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