Re: how do i apply a patch?

[David A. <dav...@pa...>]

The -s flag is useful - it supresses output except on errors. So if you
don't see any output and the prompt returns, it worked. If you get the
wrong value of -p, you'll be prompted for a filename. In this case, hit
ctrl-c and try a different -p value (typically, you'll use 1 when you
really need 0, or vice versa).

Cheers,
David.

> cd  /to/kernel/sources  ( in my case  cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.0-test7  )
> then if you already decompress the patch
> patch -p1 < /path/to/your patch
> or
> bunzip2 -dc /path/to/your/patch/.bz2 | patch -p1
>
> hacnslash wrote:
>
> >hi everybody, i seem to be having a bit of trouble applying the 2.6.0-test7 patch. i bunzip it into the lirc source directory and then i do a "patch -p0 < patch2.6.0-test7blablabla.diff" and it gives me that 2.6.0-test7 directory. now, what do i do with that?! sorry if it sounds like a stupid question, i really have no idea about what i should be doing here. any help appreciated.
> >