jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (02/14/91)
In article <1991Feb13.065155.17279@nntp-server.caltech.edu>, gwoho@nntp-server.caltech.edu (g liu) writes: |> how do i apply the patches that show up in comp.sources. something? |> do i just put them through ex or ed or whatever? |> i assume there is a better way because it would take a long time |> time do this to a large number of files. |> if there is a program to do this, where can i find it? |> gwoho liu. The short diffs can, with some frobbing, be fed into ed to change the source code. But that isn't the kind of diff that usually gets posted to the net. Usually, what you see are the long "context" diffs, which should be applied with the "patch" program. If "patch" isn't installed on your site, it can be retrieved from the comp.sources.unix archives on uunet.uu.net, or on any other machine that archives comp.sources.unix. It's also available in GNU archives, such as prep.ai.mit.edu, I believe, and the version in the GNU archives might be more up-to-date. -- Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710 P.S. Re the "comp.unix.questions" Followup-To -- I know that patch and diff aren't really exclusively Unix things, but it seems like the closest thing to appropriate.