Porteus

I am trying to apply a patch needed in the compilation of a package:
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=704

I have googled a little and found patch(1) - Linux man page:
http://linux.die.net/man/1/patch
and found a thread:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... ost4422822

I still am lost in the clouds.

What is the usual format for a patch? Text file, bash file ...
How does one apply the patch command and where should be the patch located in reference to the package to be patched?

Patches are plain text. Put the plain text file, patchfile (or whatever you like) in the root directory of the source you're compiling, then:

patch -p1 < patchfile

That's unfortunately the extent of my knowledge. I'm still struggling with patches as well

Thanks Ahau.