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Re: applying patch
- To: rajukv at fan dot com
- Subject: Re: applying patch
- From: Alfred Perlstein <bright at cygnus dot rush dot net>
- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 02:07:10 -0500 (EST)
- cc: EGCS <egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com>
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999 rajukv@fan.com wrote:
> hi,
>
> How do I apply a patch on a egcs snapshot? for eg i have the previous snapshot distribution egcs-19990221.tar.gz now how do i apply the patch egcs-19990221-19990228.diff.gz on the above snapshot?
>
assuming they are in the same directory:
gzcat < egcs-19990221.tar.gz | tar xvf -
cd egcs-19990221
gzcat < ../egcs-19990221-19990228.diff.gz | patch -p1 -E
should work, consult your various man pages and the egcs web pages if you
get stuck.
you _should_ see a lot of stuff scroll by with the words
"Hunk succeeded" on some lines...
-Alfred
> Thanks
> Raju