Re: Is there something wrong with patch-o-matic?

[Fabrice MARIE <fabrice@netfilter.org>]

Hello Brandon,

On Monday 25 November 2002 01:32, Brandon Broyles wrote:
> [...]
> I think I may have a clue on where to start.  I was looking at the
> 'isapplied' script that came with patch-o-matic.  In line 32 it references
> a command that doesn't exist for me.  It reads as such...
> MISSING_FILES=`patch -R -s -f -p1 < $PATCH | grep "No file to patch" | wc -l`
> I have no 'patch' command and there isn't one anywhere under my netfilter
> directory I got from CVS.  I'm not too keen with shell scripting, so I'm
> not sure how the absence of a patch command will effect the overall
> workings of the 'runme' script.
> Is this as it should be or is something wrong with the patch-o-matic that I
> downloaded?

patch-o-matic is all about helping you applying your patches automatically
with the 'patch' command. Without patch command there's simply no patch-o-matic.
If you want to use the netfilter extensions which are provided only in patch(-o-matic)
format, then just install 'patch' tool first.

On mandrake, you can simply run
# urpmi patch
it will download and install the tool for you along with dependencies.

BTW, are you really sure you don't have patch ? :)
(usually, patch is /usr/bin/patch)

Have a nice day,

Fabrice.
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Fabrice MARIE

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