Chase’s Words of patch Wisdom
If you have a patch that is created with: sh$ diff -Nur [old-src-dir] [new-src-dir] > my-patch you apply that patch by typing: sh$ ls my-patch my-patch sh$ cd [src-dir]/ sh$ patch -p1 < ../my-patch --- Short and sweet
Archive for 5th May 2004
Warning: Really bad Really Nerdy Joke about the UNIX CVS command
Don’t use cvs update when what you want to use is cvs diff – you get the same information, but if you do it the wrong way you end up all sticky.
Explanation:
I learned this the hard way – I kept checking information out, modifying it, and using cvs update to check where I had mods and then when I wanted to check things back in I had to use cvs update -A to get rid of the sticky bit – cursing CVS the whole time…
