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 use debdiff file to make a local Debian package?
I had asked how to apply patch in a debian package?. After that I had tried to figure out patches against interesting packages and was able to get a script that tells that. cleaning output of a script ...
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how to apply patch in a debian package?
I put up a bug report and have been asked to apply the patch therein and see if it works. I have tried to find documentation about how to go about doing it but is unclear.
The closest I have been ...
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Apply kernel patch to support PIC Mode
I am getting an error when I try to compile drivers for a TP Link AC 600, on Kali Linux amd64 4.7.0 gcc 5.4.1 Debian 5.4.1-3.
The error is "error code model kernel does not support PIC mode"
After ...
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How to apply OS update/patch remotely in CentOS EC2 instances?
I've a bunch of EC2 instances running on CentOS 6.x. Logging into each and updating the OS (yum update) is cumbersome and not efficient. I'm looking for the optimum way of updating these servers ...
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kGraft ,Live Kernel patching in suse
Can anyone did Kernel live patching using Kgraft in SLES 11 or 12 ?
Is there any procedure to be followed ?
How can we verify the kernel vulnerability fixes after Kgraft patching ??
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If reversing a patch succeeds does that always mean the patch had been fully applied?
This is touched on in two questions, 'Check if a file or folder has been patched already' and 'Make patch return 0 when skipping an already applied patch' however neither had a satisfying answer.
I ...
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How to troubleshoot a kernel not booting without producing a message on screen
I have been experimenting with trying to apply Ingo Molnar's reatime patch and came into a situation where I get a blank screen and no message at all.
i.e. Kernel panic, or otherwise.
Given, that I ...
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apply patch when asked `File to patch`, what should I do?
I have a system freeze issue and I found this discusion on github, one of them suggest to add 5 patches:
When I type:
patch p1 < 0001-PM-autocomplet.patch
It asked File to patch, I don't ...
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How to install real time patch on Embedded Linux version 3.16.0
I have a microprocessor that runs the embedded linux version 3.16.0-rc3 (armsdk@debian, gcc version 4.7.2 (GCC)). I wanted to install a real time patch, but I did not find the one for my linux version....
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transparent “symlink + binary patch”
I have a project where I am collecting and organizing mp3 files from a long-running radio show. Being from various origins and sources, the naming conventions and ID2/3 tags are all over the place.
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Is it possible to get patch to patch files in $HOME and system both in one command and file?
I have created the following patch file using diff -u file1 file2 | file.patch and then edited out the --- line and changed the path:
ArkOS_Dev_Openbox.patch
+++ ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml 2016-07-...
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How do I add to a unified patch file?
If I have a patch file in the unified patch format like the example below, how do I add lines to it so that those lines are then added by the (applied) patch?
--- lao 2002-02-21 23:30:39.942229878 -...
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Applying RT_PREEMPT
I'm trying to install a kernel with the RT_PREEMPT patch on a Lubuntu 16.04 distro and running into some issues I'm not sure how to deal with. I've downloaded the sources for kernel v4.4.12 (linux-4.4....
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After updating the Red Hat server kernel to latest version it still shows as old version
I have updated the kernel on my Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.7 (Santiago) from 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6.x86_64 to 2.6.32-642.1.1.el6.x86_64 and as per Red Hat documentation https://access....
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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 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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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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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 years ...
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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 ...
