Re: how to make a patch (was Re: [Devil-Linux-Develop] you were right to be afraid ...)

[Friedrich L. <fl...@fl...>]

Friedrich Lobenstock wrote on 14.11.2003 01:52 MET:
> Hi!
> 
> ee...@fr... wrote on 14.11.2003 00:56 MET:
> 
>> I think It'll take much more time me learning how to make a patch, do 
>> it, sent it and you apply it than someone who access cvs to vi the 
>> file, change 0 into 1 and add "d" at the end of pop on line just below 
>> ...
> 
> 
> I, and probably all other developers, rather tell you how to make
> a patch than to do some typing according to your instructions.
> 
> Ok, here we go:
>   * copy the unchanged script to SCRIPTNAME.old
>   * make your changes
>   * cd /..../build/
>   * diff -u subdir/SCRIPT.old subdir/SCRIPT > outfile
>   * kwrite outfile
>   * copy and paste the whole content to a mail to devil-linux-developer
>     don't forget to set the subject to "[PATCH] ...."
>     and add some comments before the patch
> 
> PS: Set you mailclient to not break long line to not destroy the patch
> if it has long lines.
> 

===> please someone add this to a developer FAQ.

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MfG / Regards
Friedrich Lobenstock
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Friedrich Lobenstock                       Linux Services Lobenstock
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