From: Igal Koshevoy <igal@...>
Date: 2008-07-08T09:09:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Patching ruby_1.8.6.p111

Larry Kluger wrote:
> Rob Funk wrote:
>   
>> ... but wrong command line.  Since the patch has filename paths starting 
>> with a/ and b/, you need to give -p1 to make patch strip off that part. 
>>     
>
> Yup, that was it.
>   
Larry: If you're running a modern version of FreeBSD, Ubuntu, Debian, 
Fedora, Gentoo and some others, you may want to consider using their 
updated packages because these contain the patches and will be easier to 
install/update.

Rob: Thanks.

-igal