Re: how to apply patches?

[DushanM]

Muthiah Annamalai <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 11/1/07, DushanM <address@hidden> wrote:
> > What does one do to 'apply' a patch presented in
> > help-octave emails?  Can this be done to a binary build
> > of octave, or does it involve a re-compilation of the code?
> >
> > - Dushan
> 
> apply it by,
> $ patch < patch_file_name

Thanks, but would you expand on this a bit?  Is this executed
from within Octave?  I would guess so.  Does the patch_file need
to be in the same directory as Octave, or is supplying the full
path of the patch_file sufficient?
 
> C++ patches involve a re-compilation of the code.
> m-file patches do not involve a re-compilation of the code.

Okay, so I only need to consider applying the .m patch_files.
Is it obvious how to distinguish between .m and C++ patches?

- Dushan