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Re: If make check fails
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Akim Demaille |
Subject: |
Re: If make check fails |
Date: |
29 Aug 2001 11:21:08 +0200 |
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>>>>> "Gary" == Gary V Vaughan <address@hidden> writes:
Gary> While I agree that there is a need. I don't think it is the job
Gary> of patch or diff to do this.
Agreed.
Gary> I think all that is necessary is a program (maybe even a shell
Gary> script) to generate a patch, and roll it into a self executing
Gary> shar archive along with some extra commands to run -- maybe a
Gary> pre and post patch application script?
There is already something named
MAKEPATCH(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation MAKEPATCH(1)
NAME
makepatch - create script to update a source tree
SYNOPSIS
makepatch [ options ] old-src new-src
Introduction
Traditionally, source trees are updated with the patch
program, processing patch information that is generated by
the diff program. Although diff and patch do a very good
job at patching file contents, most versions do not handle
creating and deleting files and directories, and adjusting
of file modes and time stamps. Newer versions of diff and
patch seem to be able to create files, and very new ver
sions of patch can remove files. But that's about it.
Another typical problem is that patch kits are typically
downloaded from the Internet, of transmitted via elec
tronic mail. It is often desirable to verify the correct
ness of a patch kit before even attempting to apply it.
The makepatch package is designed to overcome these limi
tations.
but I don't like always having to learn new tools... I should though.
- If make check fails, Akim Demaille, 2001/08/27
- Re: If make check fails, Gary V. Vaughan, 2001/08/27
- Re: If make check fails, Akim Demaille, 2001/08/28
- Re: If make check fails, Gary V. Vaughan, 2001/08/28
- Re: If make check fails,
Akim Demaille <=
- Re: If make check fails, Gary V. Vaughan, 2001/08/29
- Re: If make check fails, Akim Demaille, 2001/08/30
- Re: If make check fails, Gary V. Vaughan, 2001/08/30
- Re: If make check fails, Akim Demaille, 2001/08/31