Patching Problems

[CJ85]

Hello All.

I cannot get the Windows version of Patch to run on my system.  And as I don't currently have any intentions of developing (yet I hope) I was wondering if someone could apply a certain patch for me to the newest build for the IHP120.

Anyone willing shoot me a PM.

Thanks again.

[AlexP]

Once you have patched the source code, you then need to compile it into a Rockbox build.  Therefore the windows patch utility isn't particularly useful on its own.

In order to do patching/building etc., even without any intention of taking it further and developing, you need a development environment set up.

See www.rockbox.org/wiki/SimpleGuideToCompiling

[CJ85]

Once you have patched the source code, you then need to compile it into a Rockbox build.  Therefore the windows patch utility isn't particularly useful on its own.

In order to do patching/building etc., even without any intention of taking it further and developing, you need a development environment set up.

See www.rockbox.org/wiki/SimpleGuideToCompiling

Thats what I wanted to avoid to be honest.   I didn't think I wanted to go through the trouble of getting a build environment set up just to apply a patch.   Then again I'm not completely sure how much of a pita I would be passing along asking someone to patch it for me XD

[yapper]

If you mention the patch you are interested in, you might 'lure' someone into doing it

[AlexP]

Once you have patched the source code, you then need to compile it into a Rockbox build.  Therefore the windows patch utility isn't particularly useful on its own.

In order to do patching/building etc., even without any intention of taking it further and developing, you need a development environment set up.

See www.rockbox.org/wiki/SimpleGuideToCompiling

Thats what I wanted to avoid to be honest.   I didn't think I wanted to go through the trouble of getting a build environment set up just to apply a patch.   Then again I'm not completely sure how much of a pita I would be passing along asking someone to patch it for me XD

The problem is that someone could build it for you, but everytime you want to upgrade you need to do a new build with the patch included.  Honestly, it'd be much simpler to do it yourself, it really isn't very difficult and would give you a great sense of achievement

[CJ85]

Once you have patched the source code, you then need to compile it into a Rockbox build.  Therefore the windows patch utility isn't particularly useful on its own.

In order to do patching/building etc., even without any intention of taking it further and developing, you need a development environment set up.

See www.rockbox.org/wiki/SimpleGuideToCompiling

Thats what I wanted to avoid to be honest.   I didn't think I wanted to go through the trouble of getting a build environment set up just to apply a patch.   Then again I'm not completely sure how much of a pita I would be passing along asking someone to patch it for me XD

The problem is that someone could build it for you, but everytime you want to upgrade you need to do a new build with the patch included.  Honestly, it'd be much simpler to do it yourself, it really isn't very difficult and would give you a great sense of achievement

I had this same thought.  Then I heard about 3.0 release soon and I again thought I might as well do it myself.  However, the guide is a bit cryptic at parts, as I am quite the amateur.

The patch in question is the Multifont patch.  The last time it was syncd was at the beginning of July, so I'm not even positive the code is all in the right places.

    Also a few questions.   Where can I get a working version of subversion, so I can get the source?   Second, when I do get the source and want to apply a .diff, what is the command I need to use in Patch?  I thought I had it right, but apparently not.

Third,  when getting a cygwin setup, and your selecting the packages, the wiki tells you which ones to install, it also mentions to leave the "base" ones untouched.   Do I need to untick all the other ones that come preselected?


Thanks!

[AlexP]

If it were me I'd use the VMWare image and not cygwin:

www.rockbox.org/wiki/VMwareDevelopmentPlatform

It is both faster and comes with all the necessary tools installed and set up for you.

[CJ85]

Downloading it now.  I'll see how that works for me.  Thanks for the tip.