what is a .diff file?
This is a discussion about what is a .diff file? in the Everything Linux category; Hi, I'm trying to patch my kernel to get acpi to work on my comaq notebook and i had to download three kernel patch files. one was in tar. gz format and two were in diff. gz I know how to work the tarballs, But after I unzip the diff.
Hi,
I'm trying to patch my kernel to get acpi to work on my comaq notebook and i had to download three kernel patch files. one was in tar.gz format and two were in diff.gz
I know how to work the tarballs,
But after I unzip the diff.gz, what do I do with the diff?
Is this a different type of compression? :x
thanx for any help i get from all you smart peeps!!!
I'm trying to patch my kernel to get acpi to work on my comaq notebook and i had to download three kernel patch files. one was in tar.gz format and two were in diff.gz
I know how to work the tarballs,
But after I unzip the diff.gz, what do I do with the diff?
Is this a different type of compression? :x
thanx for any help i get from all you smart peeps!!!
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They're just a set of differences between files. You use it with patch (see man patch). It should say in the README how to use them, but usually its something similar to:
patch -p1 -E < <filename>
But CHECK THE README because the number after -p might be different, or it might need different options
patch -p1 -E < <filename>
But CHECK THE README because the number after -p might be different, or it might need different options
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