From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:42:57 +0100 (CET)

On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, David Reis wrote:

> I am having difficulty applying my own patch.
>
> Something missing??
>
> then run "patch < patchfile"
>
> recieve errors....
> $ patch < patchfile
> can't find file to patch at input line 3
> Perhaps you should have used the -p or --strip option?

You should consider reading the above line an extra time.

> The text leading up to this was:
> --------------------------
> |--- apps/playlist.h 2003-03-04 15:14:07.000000000 -0500
> |+++ /home/dlr/pfiles/apps/playlist.h 2003-03-04 15:13:32.000000000 -0500
> --------------------------
> File to patch:
>
> Any Ideas ???

Yes, use the -p option to patch. -p3 I believe.

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Received on 2003-03-05