[mythtv-users] Trunk Compile Issue

[Kevon]

On 04/06/2012 04:45 PM, Simon Jones wrote:

> Can someone tell me how I should apply these patches, I have put in my
> PKGBUILD file
> 
>          patch -Np0 -i "${srcdir}/mythtv_0.25_gcc_4.7.patch"
> 
> I have tried replacing the 0 with 1, but I think it's the format of
> the patch file that it just complains it can't find the file
> specified... Here's the error
> 
> ==> Patching MythTV for GCC 4.7 Compile
> can't find file to patch at input line 3
> Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
> The text leading up to this was:
> --------------------------
> |*** ./mythtv/libs/libmythbase/compat.h.org     2012-03-31
> 20:52:30.430461503 -0400
> |--- ./mythtv/libs/libmythbase/compat.h 2012-03-31 20:59:05.935585911 -0400
> --------------------------
> File to patch: ^C
> 
> Line 3 is the stars?
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The path in the patch is relative so you have to patch from the
directory containing the mythtv source. Eg:
cd <dir with mythtv> && patch -Np0 -i "${srcdir}/mythtv_0.25_gcc_4.7.patch"