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authorMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2009-11-15 15:10:40 +0000
committerMatthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org>2009-11-15 15:10:40 +0000
commit77a02d2eda989bd125a95fe19a86bec194b544ee (patch)
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parente69c45bef91e69257942d9f652121e2b5d13d291 (diff)
Upgrade to Patch-2.6. Fixes #2513.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9104 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter05/patch.xml b/chapter05/patch.xml
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@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Patch</title>
- <para>Apply a patch that fixes a bug whereby <command>patch</command>
- fails to apply patches whose lines contain trailing carriage return
- characters:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&patch-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
-
<para>Prepare Patch for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools</userinput></screen>
@@ -57,7 +51,11 @@
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+ <para>Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the test
+ suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this chapter. To run
+ the Patch test suite anyway, issue the following command:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
<para>Install the package:</para>