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

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Friedrich Lobenstock wrote:

> 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.
>
I'm on it right now.

Heiko