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in thread How to apply a patch on Windows?

Maybe there's a clue to the solution to the OPs problem in there somewhere, but if there is, it went right over my head.

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Re^3: How to apply a patch on Windows?
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 23, 2010 at 08:37 UTC
    Maybe there's a clue to the solution to the OPs problem in there somewhere, but if there is, it went right over my head.

    Why exactly? I see I posted erroneously extra output, but if you run the batch file, you should be able to follow and learn how patch processes files.

    Its a basic path management problem.

    mnooning specifies -p0 -dNet-Daemon which means cd to Net-Deamon and strip zero leading path parts, so patch looks for Net-Daemon/ChangeLog in Net-Deamon (Net-Deamon/Net-Deamon/ChangeLog) which doesn't exist.

    So mnooning needs to change to -p1, or remove both -p/-d options... or manually enter the correct file path when prompted.

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      Why exactly?

      Because without a clue about what I'm meant to be looking for, in that volume of very similar looking lines, it is really hard to pick out the significant bit, -p0 .v. -p1, before my eyes glaze over.

      So mnooning needs to change ...

      Now that I follow. Succinct, clear and to the point.

      Thankyou. I learnt two things.

      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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        Yes, the "lesson" was very opaque. Thanks for the help. I had tried different variations, except -p1.
        I wound up doing it by hand. The patch itself introduces an extra opening brace, so it is a bad patch.
        Thanks
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