Apply patch to specified file, completely ignoring the path/filename stored in the patch file?
I need to apply a patch to a file in a complicated directory and symlink scenario. No matter what I try, I can't figure out how to massage the patch arguments so that it would find the desired file. Is there a way to completely circumvent the problem and just EXPLICITLY TELL patch to which file it should apply the patch, ignoring the path/filename in the .patch file?
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I need to apply a patch to a file in a complicated directory and symlink scenario. No matter what I try, I can't figure out how to massage the patch arguments so that it would find the desired file. Is there a way to completely circumvent the problem and just EXPLICITLY TELL patch to which file it should apply the patch, ignoring the path/filename in the .patch file?
patch
edited Feb 1 at 9:14
Rui F Ribeiro
40.5k1479137
asked Feb 1 at 8:43
Szczepan HołyszewskiSzczepan Hołyszewski
1413
I'm not sure if there's a way to do with withpatchoptions, but can you just edit the patch file instead?
– Sparhawk
Feb 1 at 8:46
Last resort. This is an automated build scenario where the patch is downloaded from the web, so I would have to either script the editing (cp, sed, patch, rm), or... patch the patch, which is silly.
– Szczepan Hołyszewski
Feb 1 at 9:04
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I need to apply a patch to a file in a complicated directory and symlink scenario. No matter what I try, I can't figure out how to massage the patch arguments so that it would find the desired file. Is there a way to completely circumvent the problem and just EXPLICITLY TELL patch to which file it should apply the patch, ignoring the path/filename in the .patch file?
patch
edited Feb 1 at 9:14
Rui F Ribeiro
40.5k1479137
asked Feb 1 at 8:43
Szczepan HołyszewskiSzczepan Hołyszewski
1413
I need to apply a patch to a file in a complicated directory and symlink scenario. No matter what I try, I can't figure out how to massage the patch arguments so that it would find the desired file. Is there a way to completely circumvent the problem and just EXPLICITLY TELL patch to which file it should apply the patch, ignoring the path/filename in the .patch file?
patch
patch
edited Feb 1 at 9:14
Rui F Ribeiro
40.5k1479137
asked Feb 1 at 8:43
Szczepan HołyszewskiSzczepan Hołyszewski
1413
edited Feb 1 at 9:14
Rui F Ribeiro
40.5k1479137
asked Feb 1 at 8:43
Szczepan HołyszewskiSzczepan Hołyszewski
1413
edited Feb 1 at 9:14
Rui F Ribeiro
40.5k1479137
edited Feb 1 at 9:14
Rui F Ribeiro
40.5k1479137
edited Feb 1 at 9:14
Rui F Ribeiro
40.5k1479137
40.5k1479137
asked Feb 1 at 8:43
Szczepan HołyszewskiSzczepan Hołyszewski
1413
asked Feb 1 at 8:43
Szczepan HołyszewskiSzczepan Hołyszewski
1413
asked Feb 1 at 8:43
Szczepan HołyszewskiSzczepan Hołyszewski
1413
1413
I'm not sure if there's a way to do with withpatchoptions, but can you just edit the patch file instead?
– Sparhawk
Feb 1 at 8:46
Last resort. This is an automated build scenario where the patch is downloaded from the web, so I would have to either script the editing (cp, sed, patch, rm), or... patch the patch, which is silly.
– Szczepan Hołyszewski
Feb 1 at 9:04
add a comment |
I'm not sure if there's a way to do with withpatchoptions, but can you just edit the patch file instead?
– Sparhawk
Feb 1 at 8:46
Last resort. This is an automated build scenario where the patch is downloaded from the web, so I would have to either script the editing (cp, sed, patch, rm), or... patch the patch, which is silly.
– Szczepan Hołyszewski
Feb 1 at 9:04
I'm not sure if there's a way to do with with
patch options, but can you just edit the patch file instead?– Sparhawk
Feb 1 at 8:46
I'm not sure if there's a way to do with with
patch options, but can you just edit the patch file instead?– Sparhawk
Feb 1 at 8:46
Last resort. This is an automated build scenario where the patch is downloaded from the web, so I would have to either script the editing (cp, sed, patch, rm), or... patch the patch, which is silly.
– Szczepan Hołyszewski
Feb 1 at 9:04
Last resort. This is an automated build scenario where the patch is downloaded from the web, so I would have to either script the editing (cp, sed, patch, rm), or... patch the patch, which is silly.
– Szczepan Hołyszewski
Feb 1 at 9:04
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If the patch only contains changes to a single file, you should be able to tell patch to apply those changes to a file of your choice by specifying it before the patch name:
patch myfile withthis.patch
will apply withthis.patch to myfile, ignoring the file name in the patch.
Quoting the man page:
The names of the files to be patched are usually taken from the patch file, but if there's just one file to be patched it can be specified on the command line as originalfile.
answered Feb 1 at 9:26
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
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If the patch applies to only one file you could simply, put a symlink in that location pointing at the file you want it to be applied to. (assuming that the reason you need it applied else-ware is because that file does not exist) Then just apply the patch.
Even if it pointed at multiple files, it could be done this way, with more time.
answered Feb 1 at 12:27
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If the patch only contains changes to a single file, you should be able to tell patch to apply those changes to a file of your choice by specifying it before the patch name:
patch myfile withthis.patch
will apply withthis.patch to myfile, ignoring the file name in the patch.
Quoting the man page:
The names of the files to be patched are usually taken from the patch file, but if there's just one file to be patched it can be specified on the command line as originalfile.
answered Feb 1 at 9:26
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
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add a comment |
If the patch only contains changes to a single file, you should be able to tell patch to apply those changes to a file of your choice by specifying it before the patch name:
patch myfile withthis.patch
will apply withthis.patch to myfile, ignoring the file name in the patch.
Quoting the man page:
The names of the files to be patched are usually taken from the patch file, but if there's just one file to be patched it can be specified on the command line as originalfile.
answered Feb 1 at 9:26
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
173k24396471
add a comment |
If the patch only contains changes to a single file, you should be able to tell patch to apply those changes to a file of your choice by specifying it before the patch name:
patch myfile withthis.patch
will apply withthis.patch to myfile, ignoring the file name in the patch.
Quoting the man page:
The names of the files to be patched are usually taken from the patch file, but if there's just one file to be patched it can be specified on the command line as originalfile.
answered Feb 1 at 9:26
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
173k24396471
If the patch only contains changes to a single file, you should be able to tell patch to apply those changes to a file of your choice by specifying it before the patch name:
patch myfile withthis.patch
will apply withthis.patch to myfile, ignoring the file name in the patch.
Quoting the man page:
The names of the files to be patched are usually taken from the patch file, but if there's just one file to be patched it can be specified on the command line as originalfile.
answered Feb 1 at 9:26
Stephen KittStephen Kitt
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If the patch applies to only one file you could simply, put a symlink in that location pointing at the file you want it to be applied to. (assuming that the reason you need it applied else-ware is because that file does not exist) Then just apply the patch.
Even if it pointed at multiple files, it could be done this way, with more time.
answered Feb 1 at 12:27
Michael ProkopecMichael Prokopec
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If the patch applies to only one file you could simply, put a symlink in that location pointing at the file you want it to be applied to. (assuming that the reason you need it applied else-ware is because that file does not exist) Then just apply the patch.
Even if it pointed at multiple files, it could be done this way, with more time.
answered Feb 1 at 12:27
Michael ProkopecMichael Prokopec
1,534218
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If the patch applies to only one file you could simply, put a symlink in that location pointing at the file you want it to be applied to. (assuming that the reason you need it applied else-ware is because that file does not exist) Then just apply the patch.
Even if it pointed at multiple files, it could be done this way, with more time.
answered Feb 1 at 12:27
Michael ProkopecMichael Prokopec
1,534218
If the patch applies to only one file you could simply, put a symlink in that location pointing at the file you want it to be applied to. (assuming that the reason you need it applied else-ware is because that file does not exist) Then just apply the patch.
Even if it pointed at multiple files, it could be done this way, with more time.
answered Feb 1 at 12:27
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I'm not sure if there's a way to do with with
patchoptions, but can you just edit the patch file instead?– Sparhawk
Feb 1 at 8:46
Last resort. This is an automated build scenario where the patch is downloaded from the web, so I would have to either script the editing (cp, sed, patch, rm), or... patch the patch, which is silly.
– Szczepan Hołyszewski
Feb 1 at 9:04