Re: how to apply patches?

[James Sherman Jr.]

The patch command is a command found on linux to use a patch file
(usually just the output from the diff command) to update the current
file. When any patch is submitted, the email should say what file it
applies to (otherwise what good would it be?).

If you're using windows without cygwin, I don't know of any way to
apply patches.

James

On 11/2/07, DushanM <address@hidden> wrote:
> 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
>
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