patching: how to?

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Symbiot
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patching: how to?

Post by Symbiot »

Hi

I really want to add the patch: https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/4231#comment:1
to be able to have multiple watch-dirs

but no where can I find any info on _how_ to apply the patch.... can someone point me in the right direction.
Vallimar
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Re: patching: how to?

Post by Vallimar »

It is going to depend somewhat on OS, however, for the patch to be useful, you would need to
compile your own build of Transmission from the source with the patch applied. If that is not
something you have the know-how for then you need to learn that first.

Also, that patch is over 2 years old and may not apply cleanly to current sources which would
mean fiddling about with it if so.

Otherwise, under Linux, just download the source, extract it, download the unified patch file
and use the patch program to apply it. If you placed the patch file inside the top of the extracted
source, you probably could just do 'patch -i <patch> -p0' then configure & make.

If none of that make any sense, you probably have a lot of reading and research ahead of you
if you still want to try and proceed. Lots of info on Google if you search for it.
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