A patch is file used to alter a source code package, e.g. in order to correct a bug or add a feature.
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How to find a specific patch for a kernel file
I've been debugging an issue in my linux kernel and have found a fix for the issue. Checking cross reference, I can see that the fix was applied to that file between kernel version A and kernel ...
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Linux red-hat + kernel patch update
I need to run the yum update on my Linux redHat machine
during the yum update , I sow that yum perform some patch kernel update
therefore I little worry to perform a reboot , because the patches of ...
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A patch that doesn't contain line numbers, is it possible?
I would add two lines of text to a file if they don't exist there yet. The lines can be in various positions in that file. So a regular patch will rather not work. Can there be a simplified patch, ...
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Identifying cumulative patch version in Jboss
We are trying to identify the patch level that is applied to our Jboss servers.
For Jboss 4, the information is available in boot.log as follows
09:44:51,674 INFO [Server] Release ID: JBoss [EAP] ...
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Applying a single patch to files in multiple directories
Directory structures looks like this:
orig/l1/l2/file2patch
orig/l1-2/file2patch
Diff'd with
new/l1/l2/file2patch
new/l1-2/file2patch
I get the correct diff between these files and save it in a ...
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patch: “bad file descriptor” in combination with pipe and LD_PRELOAD/ libtrash
Very short summary:
cat "$file" | patch produces a Bad file descriptor-error, but
patch < "$file" works, when libtrash is preloaded with LD_PRELOAD, and only on bigger projects.
Description:
For ...
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diff without including removed content
I'm using diff and patch to patch some files. In my situation, I am not permitted to distribute any of the original file.
Right now, the diffs look something like this:
1c1
< Hello, this is the ...
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Patch a shell script prior to running
I have a shell script (arch-chroot from the Arch Linux arch-install-scripts package) that handles the mounting and unmounting of devices (with error checking) prior to starting a chroot. It starts the ...
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Patching diff-files
I've downloaded a tarballed version of 0.85 "MTR" -> http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/
and installed it.
I later saw that a 0.86 diff file exists. I downloaded this in order to patch it, but am confused ...
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What does root directory mean? [closed]
What does it means when they say
"Move into the root directory of the kernel you wish to patch"
please explain me in detail cause I'm new to this environment.
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Packaging a directory and its contents as a diff patch?
I have a small project folder with text files, which I'd like to post somewhere in order to ask a question on a forum. Let's take, in the simplest case, that I have something like this:
mkdir aaa
cd ...
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Patching using multiple independent patch files?
I'm naïve vis-à-vis patch and unified diffs. I have a C source file that needs two independent patch files applied. In other words, file Frodo.patch contains Frodo-specific patches; file Bilbo.patch ...
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How to make patch not so strict?
To give you the background, I'm trying to "port" "commit only parts of hunks" workflow from git to svn.
In git there is interactive staging, and you can even edit hunks to be committed (chose which ...
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changed df -h output format after yum update in rhel6.5
changed df -h output after yum update (after patching). Anybpdy help on this ?
Anybody knows the reason behind this ?
df -h output before yum update (rhel patching) :
Filesystem ...
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How To Patch Bugs Manually in Software [duplicate]
We have been experiencing issues with winbind on our servers and I found a thread on Bugzilla regarding a bug which sounds much like the issue we are experiencing. Throughout the discussion, the ...
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How can I get FreeBSD `patch` to tolerate null bytes?
The patch of the final line fails on FreeBSD 10.2, but works on GNU:
#!/bin/sh
echo a > f1
printf '\0' >> f1
echo c >> f1
cp f1 f2
echo d >> f2
diff -au f1 f2 > diff
patch <...
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How to write a Patch for VyOS kernel
I am new to VyOS development. I have written a patch which will fetch info from the VyOS kernel module and write it on a netlink socket. But the problem is I am not sure if I should edit the kernel ...
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How to fix “Hunk #1 FAILED at 1 (different line endings)” message?
I am trying to create a patch with the command
git diff sourcefile >/var/lib/laymab/overlay/category/ebuild/files/thepatch.patch
when I apply the patch, it gives me
$ patch -v
GNU patch 2.7.5
...
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How to apply simple patch (reverse detected)
I'm trying to create and apply a simple patch to fix a bug with gradle.
I copy the file (/usr/bin/gradle) to my working directory, then make the change. I then create the patch:
diff -u /usr/bin/...
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A question about patch
I did a patch file with
diff -Naur src/bacula.h src/bacula.h.old
and give me a file like this
--- src/bacula.h 2015-08-13 15:52:24 +0200
+++ src/bacula.h 2015-10-05 19:21:09 +0200
@@...
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Applying a diff patch
I've never patched anything in Linux, and I can't exactly figure out what the guy who wrote this post (second paragraph) means. That target source is qemu from github and the changes to apply are:
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Why use diff/patch when it is easier to just use cp
diff -u file1.txt file2.txt > patchfile
creates a patch file which consists of instruction for patch to convert file1.txt to be exactly like file2.txt
As the title says, Can't this be done using ...
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How download complete patch series from patchwork?
I want to download the patch series RFC PATCH 00/26 i.MX5/6 IPUv3 CSI/IC
In patchwork I can get access to individual patches https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/24331/. But downloading 26 patches and ...
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scripts/checkpatch.pl: Warning: consider using a completion
I'm currently writing a kernel driver that involves moving large amounts data from userspace to or from a peripheral, via a ring of bounce buffers. The buffer completion callback ups a semaphore, and ...
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Kernel config diffs - better way to maintain
I maintain one Linux distro (LEAF) with multiple kernel targets, so it needs to have multiple kernel configs (one reference config + usual patch files for other targets). But this adds headache on ...
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Patching X11 to remove SELECTION clipboard
How would I patch the X11 source to disable or remove the SELECTION clipboard?
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Display only relevant hunks of a diff/patch based on a regexp
git log -G<regex> -p is a wonderful tool to search a codebase's history for changes that match the specified pattern. However, it can be overwhelming to locate the relevant hunk in the diff/...
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up2date login & patch APIs for RHEL7
I am trying to achieve controlled patching of the RHEL machines in my network, for which I need to get the patch binaries downloaded onto a windows machine.
I have already familiazired myself with ...
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Patching a binary with dd
I have read this quote (below) several times, most recently here, and am continually puzzled at how dd can be used to patch anything let alone a compiler:
The Unix system I used at school, 30 ...
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Linux kernel patches: can I skip some?
I have the source of Linux 3.4.0 to which I added some modifications. I know that here (ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/) I can find all the 107 patches that need to be applied to my source ...
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Can’t find file to patch at input line 3 [duplicate]
I generated a patch using the diff command with the number of context lines as 1 (-c option). My patch file contents:
*** /home/sk/abc/def/src/klm/a.py 2015-05-18 16:25:50.348398554 +0530
--- /opt/...
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Using dkms to patch kernel
I need to apply a kernel patch(https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/31/929) to get my touch-pad working properly. I am thinking that I should be using dkms, to do this. Most of the stuff I am reading is about ...
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Suse: How to update a single package in SLES10 SP4
I am in the middle of an activity and have never worked with SLES10 SP4
In SLES11 zypper update glibc* update all glibc packages .. but this is not working in SLES10 SP4 .. can someone tell me how to ...
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Fetch patches from mailing list with mutt and vim
How can I fetch patches from a subscribed development mailinglist with mutt and vim so that they can be applied with "git am" or "git apply" command easily?
Is it either possible to save it ...
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How do I apply a patch?
I need to apply the following patch, and I don't want to mess up what I have so far. Below I have posted the complete content I found online, which was someone's response to a question similar to mine....
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Linux Kernel Live Patching - WHATIS and HOWTO? [closed]
I am trying to understand a new concept I got to know recently as the Linux 4.0 makes it way to the mainline - "Live Patching".
Supposedly this is a new feature enhancement of the Linux kernel. It ...
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Using filterdiff to exclude a diff
I have a big patch (foo), consisting of diffs from many files. I want to exclude a specific diff (corresponding to a single file) from this patch. The beginning of this diff looks like this:
diff --...
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Source code of the patches for Shellshock
I have a project for my grad level OS class, and I have decided to choose the Shellshock vulnerability bugs as my topic. There is a lot of great information out there, but I was curious if it is ...
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Unified Patch: only use diff file
Is it possible to create a diff file that would work without having the actual files in the diff file?
e.g.: I have a folder /a and a copy of a: /b. In /b I edit multiple files and create a .diff ...
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Patch: auto answer no
Suppose patch tell me
Assume -R? [n]
in already patched source
Is there a way to say n no automatically?
I can use yes n|patch but i prefer a more clean solution
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Applying Linux rt patch
I'm trying to apply the rt-patch to the standard kernel from kernel.org. So far I have tried 3.14 and 3.10 from here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/ with the corresponding ...
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Migrate old custom patches to new Linux versions
I previously used Linux 3.0.35 to customize the OS for an IMX based board. I'm now planning to upgrade it to Linux 3.10.17. The customization was compiled into patches, (80+ patches!).
My problem now ...
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rt patch for latest stable 3.17.4 vanilla kernel
I want to apply an rt patch to the latest stable vanilla kernel, which is 3.17.4 currently. The latest rt-patch found are for 3.14.24. Does that mean I have to use the the 3.14.x family, and can not ...
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What is “fuzz” in applying patches?
I was applying a patch with quilt in Debian packaging that an error occurred:
Applying patch debian/patches/fixshare.patch
patching file net/slirp.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 529.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- ...
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how to patch bash vulnerability (shellshock) bug on RHEL? [duplicate]
We have over 10000 servers to patch for bash vulnerability (shellshock) bug. Now my question is what is the command to patch this bug ? And how we can check whether the patch has been installed and ...
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Applying patch to the uClibc
I have a buildroot package that I need to build. When I issue the 'make' command, it runs until it errors out with "lutimes undeclared". After lengthy research, it appears that uClibc needs to be ...
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How can I apply a -p0 patch from any working directory?
I have a patch with absolute paths that I wish to use. i.e. the first few lines are as follows.
--- /usr/share/apps/plasma/packages/org.kde.pager/contents/ui/main.qml 2014-10-10 18:47:23.000000000 +...
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How can I check if a certain patch is already installed in my system?
I am about to install a patch for wireless drivers named Compat Wireless in order to solve a problem with my WiFi channel (it locks on the not existing -1 channel) on my Ubuntu Linux v12.04 and Kali ...
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Latest libxml2 port to RHEL4
I am currently installing ModSecurity on our development servers and the problem that I am running into with the latest version is that we are utilizing RHEL 4 on our servers. They have no intention ...
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How can I list the patches of an installed package in SUSE?
Let's say that I am using a program called "hello" which I have downloaded using the zypper. The question is how can I see if a specific .patch is included into this hello package?
Basically, what I ...
