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| author | Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com> | 2003-09-03 19:29:06 +0000 |
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| committer | Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com> | 2003-09-03 19:29:06 +0000 |
| commit | cd0bab2d6c5f9b3a2316487486348291c22b79c2 (patch) | |
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| parent | 2003-09-03 Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com> (diff) | |
| download | rtems-cd0bab2d6c5f9b3a2316487486348291c22b79c2.tar.bz2 | |
2003-09-03 Aaron J. Grier <aaron@frye.com>
* tools.t: Added how to generate and apply a patch.
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diff --git a/doc/FAQ/ChangeLog b/doc/FAQ/ChangeLog index 8772cababc..ffb0e7aaa4 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/FAQ/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2003-09-03 Aaron J. Grier <aaron@frye.com> + + * tools.t: Added how to generate and apply a patch. + 2003-08-30 Ralf Corsepius <corsepius@faw.uni-ulm.de> * FAQ.texi: include common/rtems.texi. diff --git a/doc/FAQ/tools.t b/doc/FAQ/tools.t index 59d5cb75db..4af175bcc9 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ/tools.t +++ b/doc/FAQ/tools.t @@ -49,3 +49,23 @@ in the two source files. The GNU open-source packages usually have UNIX style CR/LF. If you edit on a Windows platform, the line terminators may have been transformed by the editor into Windows style. + +@section How do I apply a patch? + +Patches generated with the @code{diff} program are fed into the +@code{patch} program as follows: + +@example +patch -p1 <PATCHFILE +@end example + +where the options are: + +@itemize @bullet + +@item -pNUM tells @code{patch} to strip off NUM slashes from the +pathname. + +@end itemize + +If @code{patch} prompts for a file to patch, you may need to adjust NUM. |