Re: [9fans] Applying patches to local machine

["Anthony Sorace" <anothy@gmail.com>]

I think he's asking whether there's any way to apply not yet
integrated/approved patches to his local source.

It looks like running patch/apply works for everyone, modifying
whatever the local root is (rather than explicitly working on
/n/sources), which is nice. It does require you having write
permissions on (its view of) the patch directory itself:

	:; patch/apply savec/cpu-cec
	.tmp: rc (apply): can't open: '.tmp' permission denied
	:; ramfs && bind -bc /tmp /n/sources/patch/saved/cpu-cec
	:; patch/apply saved/cpu-cec
	merge...backup...cp: can't stat /sys/src/9/port/devcec.c:
'/sys/src/9/port/devcec.c' does not exist
copy...
	to update sources:
		update /sys/src/9/port/portfns.h
		update /sys/src/9/port/devcec.c
		update /sys/src/9/port/devcons.c

That cp error after backup is just because devcec.c isn't an existing
file in the system. I'm not sure whether those update lines are
intended to be executable commands we just don't have (looks like) or
advisory, but either way your local tree is now updated.

This is neat, by the way. I'd never thought to actually check if this
worked or not. Given it's this easy, I think I'll play around with the
rio pie menu stuff. Thanks!

Anthony