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From: todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca (Todd Pfaff)
Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-1.0R] Epsilon -> Release patch
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Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1993 23:45:50 GMT
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In article h1p@pdq.coe.montana.edu, nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:
> In article <g89r4222.752427162@kudu>,
> Geoff Rehmet <g89r4222@kudu.ru.ac.za> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have just been trying to install the Epsilon to Release patches
> >for FreeBSD, and have found a few problems (me being braindead?).
> >
> >Anyhow, the instructions say to use patch -p1 -E - I think that
> >should say patch -p2 -E (that's not really the problem).
> 
> If you cd into /usr (and not /usr/src) as the instructions say,
>  patch -p1 -E will work.  (I just tried it)

Well, yeah sure.  And if you use -p2 instead of -p1 as the instructions say it will
work.  So which is wrong, the -p1 or the /usr/src? :-)

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