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DISCUSSION deepak 3 participants 3 messages Nov 18, 2002 – Nov 19, 2002

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how do i uninstall a patch

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Quoted 1 line · deepak

how do i uninstall a patch

$ man patch
...
       -R  or  --reverse
          Assume that this patch was created with the old and new
          files swapped.  (Yes, I'm afraid that does happen occa­
          sionally,  human  nature  being  what  it  is.)   patch
          attempts  to  swap each hunk around before applying it.
          Rejects come out in the swapped format.  The -R  option
	  ...

Next time you should read the man page yourself ;)

Rik

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Quoted 13 lines · Rik van Riel
Quoted 1 line · deepak

how do i uninstall a patch

$ man patch
...
       -R  or  --reverse
          Assume that this patch was created with the old and new
          files swapped.  (Yes, I'm afraid that does happen occa­
          sionally,  human  nature  being  what  it  is.)   patch
          attempts  to  swap each hunk around before applying it.
          Rejects come out in the swapped format.  The -R  option
	  ...
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Next time you should read the man page yourself ;)

Come on, be fair. This text is pretty obscure. If you didn't know so already, would you understand from it that -R undoes a patch?

Duncan.