On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:50 PM, scoopy <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [/quote] > http://wiki.winehq.org/Patching > > -- > -Austin[/quote] > > forgive me for the dumb questions, but I'm not following these "simple instructions:" on this page http://wiki.winehq.org/Patching. I wonder whether these simply instructions could be filled out a little more for newbies like me? > > >> Simply download the patch (likely from bugzilla, or possibly from e-mail) and copy it to your ~/wine-git folder. Then run: > > > > where is the ~/wine-git folder? do I have to create it? or does it reside in another directory? I updated it to clarify that you need the wine source code. Most people who have the source do so through git and put it in ~/wine-git/. > I guess I then run this > Code: > patch -p1 < patch_name.diff > > > in the terminal but change patch_name.diff to lightroom2patch.txt (this is what I've called the file that i down loaded from here http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-patches/attachments/20080816/ddbce562/attachment.txt) Yes. -- -Austin