Subject: Re: 1.3 & Q800
To: None <cruller@unicom.net>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/02/1998 09:22:12
cruller@unicom.net wrote:
> Has any one had any success in applying the mad hatter patch to the 1.3
> sorces & running X on a quadra 800?  I did one by hand but must have did
> it wrong.  It compiled but at boot I don't see the mesg 'grf0 at
> intvid'.  

Oops...
 
> What is the easy way to apply a patch?  I've been using vi and typing
> the changes in.  I assume there is a command that combines the two files
> adding code where the is a '+' sign & deleting code where there is a '-'
> sign.

Assuming that you have the original patch file (i.e. with the proper tabs
and spaces), simply:

patch < patch.file

If that doesn't work, read patch(1)

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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