On 8/9/2010 4:03 PM, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 15:58 -0500, Matthew Kitchin (public/usenet) wrote: >> Please excuse my ignorance, but am I supposed to change something for >> the directories 'a' and 'b' below? Am I supposed to use a switch of some >> sort with patch that isn't obvious? Sorry if this is something obvious >> that I am missing. > When you are in the 'packages' directory, apply the patch with > 'patch -p1', which strips the first level from the pathnames. > > Or if you're in the packages/net/openconnect directory, apply it with > 'patch -p3'. > > The default output of 'git diff' or 'git show' includes these top-level > a/ and b/ directories. > Your stuff worked fine. I'm all patched up. The OpenWRT compiler launches me into a wizard that I don't really know how to navigate and then dies with a cryptic error. fun fun fun. I will keep working at it.