Re: [aspell-devel] Applying a diff

[Thorsten Maerz]

Hi Alexandre,

On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 11:42:55 -0500 Alexandre Leduc <address@hidden> wrote:

> I'm kind of new to the diff/patch utilities and I'm having difficulty 
> figuring out how to apply "aspell-0.50-vc++.diff" to the "aspell-0.50.3" 
> source. I tries patch (I have Cygwin) but the process seems to hang 
> forever with no CPU utilization and no output whatsoever.
> 
> Can someone tell me what's the proper command line I should use to apply 
> the diff?

Extract the diff into the aspell source directory, open a console there
and run
  patch -p1 < aspell-0.50-vc++.diff

Maybe your tools are outdated or broken. I've zipped together those
I most frequently use for building ported unix applications:
  http://claws-w32.sourceforge.net/sylpheed/unix-tools-021101.zip

HTH,
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Thorsten Maerz          <address@hidden>
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