On 8/9/2010 4:54 PM, Matthew Kitchin (public/usenet) wrote: > 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. Almost done building a Debian system to try everything out there. The OpenWrt compiling directions are geared toward Debian, so maybe I will have better luck with that.
