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Re: Applying patches [was "Re: Inconsistent behaviour of (:)"]
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Joe Koski |
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Re: Applying patches [was "Re: Inconsistent behaviour of (:)"] |
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Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:43:15 -0700 |
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on 2/22/05 7:54 PM, John B. Thoo at address@hidden wrote:
> On Feb 22, 2005, at 7:31 AM, John W. Eaton wrote:
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>> Please try the following patch.
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> I'm sorry for what must be a truly daft question, but how does one
> apply a patch?
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> TIA.
> ---John.
I had the same question a few weeks ago, but I muddled through. First, in a
terminal, do
man patch
for too much information about options.
What worked for me was
patch orig_file.m <patch_name
which is simple enough, after you separate the correct patch text.
Jo
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