[PD-dev] add_string_support.patch

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I usually use 'cvs diff -uw file.c' from pure-data/pd/src, and that  
will "just work" with the packages/patches automation.

.hc

On May 1, 2007, at 3:02 PM, <martin.peach at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Is there a correct way to use diff to make the paths properly in  
> the first place? Do you have to run it from a particular location  
> or specify a path?
> Also I agree that string should be blob (or puredata ;)) since  
> string implies text and it's really able to manipulate any kind of  
> byte data.
>
> Martin
>
>> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org>
>> On May 1, 2007, at 2:59 AM, zmoelnig at iem.at wrote:
>>
>>> Quoting Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at eds.org>:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> try "-p 2"
>>>>
>>>> This is automated, so that would mean changing all the patches in
>>>> packages/patches.  I think it would be much easier to change  
>>>> that one
>>>> patch to remove the path information.
>>>
>>> the last one was another mail where i clicked "send" before  
>>> thinking.
>>>
>>> the "-p 2" would strip _at most_ the first 2 "path-elements" (see  
>>> 'man
>>> patch' for a better explanation) of the filenames. so
>>> "pd/src/g_rtext.c" becomes "g_rtext.c", while "src/g_canvas.c"  
>>> becomes
>>> "g_canvas.c" and "m_pd.h" stays the same.
>>>
>>> so all patches should apply just as fine as they do now, and the
>>> string-support patch would apply too.
>>>
>>> apart from that, i agree that all patches should be "normalized" in
>>> a way.
>>> (and that "string" really should be "blob")
>>
>> Feel free to add this stuff to the build system, as long as it works
>> on all platforms.  an older sed is installed on everything in the
>> auto-build farm.  But it might save more trouble in the long run to
>> keep a consistent format.  Hard to say...
>>
>> .hc
>


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