Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 9 Mar 1998 21:48:44 -0500 (EST) | From | "Steven N. Hirsch" <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.89 doesn't compile |
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On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Jim Noe wrote:
> Got a clean compile by doing 'patch -p0 < patch-2.1.89' instead of just > 'patch < patch-2.1.89' > And all the 'patch created' files were in the right spots. > > Why would this make such a difference? From the man pages I gather that > 'patch' defaults with -p0. > (a lil' offtopic, but a soon to be kernel hacker, so help me out a bit :) > > Patch version was 2.1
I've seen the same advisory in the man pages about -p0 being the default. Don't believe it. I learned a long time back (well, 1994 anyway) to always use -p0 when applying patches to anything. Without this switch, files are often created in new trees or, occasionally, the current working directory.
Steve
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