Patches in sources code

m_p_w · Post by **m_p_w** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:41 pm

this is the code, so where do i have to put the patch

patch -p0 patchname.diff <---over here
<-------------------or over here
./configure
make

Please help

jjmckenzie · Post by **jjmckenzie** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:44 pm

On 6/11/11 11:41 AM, m_p_w wrote:

this is the code, so where do i have to put the patch

patch -p0 patchname.diff<---over here
<-------------------or over here
./configure
make

Please help

patch -p(0,1,2...) < patchname.diff

If you get an error message asking for the name of the file to apply to,
this possibly means that you selected the wrong patch level.