Re: Patch 2.5 and diffutils 2.7

[Paul Jarc]

address@hidden wrote:
> Then, I read the patch file and found that it contains something like the
> followings,
>      diff -u -r ../apache_1.3.22/Makefile.tmpl ./Makefile.tmpl
>      --- ../apache_1.3.22/Makefile.tmpl      Sat Oct  6 22:01:09 2001
>      +++ ./Makefile.tmpl     Sun Nov 18 14:43:08 2001
>      @@ -291,6 +291,7 @@
>       #   shared object files.
>       install-programs:
>              @echo "===> [programs: Installing Apache $(TARGET) program and 
> shared ob
>
> I check the diff command in the server but it didn't support parameter -u,
> so I downloaded diffutils 2.7

The diff command shown in the patch file describes how the patch was
created, not how it is applied to your sources.  Installing diffutils
will not help you to apply the patch.  I'd guess that the patch was
meant to be applied to sources different from what you have - maybe
there's another patch you're supposed to apply first, or maybe you
already applied another patch that you should have applied afterwards.


paul