15 Jun
2010
15 Jun
'10
11:44 a.m.
From: Frank Cox theatre@sasktel.net
... some of the files that need to be patched have had some stuff moved around a bit, just enough to (apparently) cause patch to fail... ... By way of experimentation, I manually changed one of the files ... is there a way to automate the process...
I am afraid patch is not able to auto-magicaly adapt an old patch to a heavily modified file... Did your manual experimentation involved any "fuzzy logic", pattern recognition or code interpretation...? Maybe check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_(Unix)#Advanced_diffs
JD