From: Frank Cox <theatre at 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