From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from jazzband.ncsc.mil (jazzband.ncsc.mil [144.51.5.4]) by tycho.ncsc.mil (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i2SHOLRb001173 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 12:24:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from jazzband.ncsc.mil (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil with ESMTP id i2SHOKFV008370 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 17:24:20 GMT Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by jazzband.ncsc.mil with SMTP id i2SHOJ36008354 for ; Sun, 28 Mar 2004 17:24:19 GMT Message-ID: <4066F136.3DCA73D7@gmx.de> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 17:37:26 +0200 From: Martin Stricker MIME-Version: 1.0 To: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Subject: Re: how to write and understand a patch file? References: <20040328100448.19776.qmail@web41308.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-selinux@tycho.nsa.gov List-Id: selinux@tycho.nsa.gov Park Lee wrote: > > Hi, > Would you please tell me how to write and understand a patch file? > I just want to learn more about it. You create a patch with `diff` and apply it with `patch`. A patch is just a list of differences between the original version of a source code file (you cannot patch a binary) and your altered version. -- Homepage: http://www.martin-stricker.de/ Linux Migration Project: http://www.linux-migration.org/ Red Hat Linux 9 for low memory: http://www.rule-project.org/ Registered Linux user #210635: http://counter.li.org/ -- This message was distributed to subscribers of the selinux mailing list. If you no longer wish to subscribe, send mail to majordomo@tycho.nsa.gov with the words "unsubscribe selinux" without quotes as the message.