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A beginner's overview to applying a patch (just because people have been asking)

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Mikerman:
Thanks for your comments, Lorean.  Actually, people continually seems to have questions as to patching, thinking (it seems) that it can be done (easily--without compiling).  I was just trying to help.  And some people (perhaps newer users?) seem to find things easier in forums than elsewhere--maybe it's human nature, maybe its the search facility, maybe it's not searching the documentation.  Again, I just was trying to help them (and a poster who just had posted).

;)

Ciao--

Llorean:
Well, honestly, if they just seem to look in the forums first, they should learn sooner rather than later that static information is in the wiki. Otherwise there will be inconsistency, confusing them further.

So, as I said, it needs to be a wiki page if anything.

Mikerman:
Well, had the thread to which I was attempting to respond not been locked (the new poster asking "How do I patch?" and being told to read the instructions but without any link), I just would have posted an answer there, and directing the poster to the various documentation. As it was, given the locked thread, I just got a "bit more descriptive" in the above.  My bad. Maybe it will help others.

I doubt that there's inconsistency with this, as it links to the various sources.  And it answers the basic question/issue, that patching requiring compiling.

Llorean:
The inconsistency is that it's "documentation", but the forums are not for documentation.

Users need to be told at the first opportunity, if it's clear they don't know, that the forums are for dicussion, and that documentation should be sought elsewhere. This means there shouldn't be documentation in the forums, if at all possible.

Rincewind:
Maybe this can be posted in the sticky topic in the Getting startet with Compiling forum?

The information is very general, so it is not likely that it will be out of date soon. I know that people will keep asking these questions, no matter what is done, but if 5% of users read the sticky first, then it helps.
I think Mikerman's post is clearly written and useful for this purpose.

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