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by **deepa** » Wed, 20 Nov 2002 01:20:08

how do i uninstall a patch

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by **Rik van Rie** » Wed, 20 Nov 2002 01:30:21

> how do i uninstall a patch

$ man patch
...
-R or --reverse
Assume that this patch was created with the old and new
files swapped. (Yes, I'm afraid that does happen occa-
sionally, human nature being what it is.) patch
attempts to swap each hunk around before applying it.
Rejects come out in the swapped format. The -R option
...

Next time you should read the man page yourself ;)

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by **Duncan Sand** » Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:40:11

> > how do i uninstall a patch

> $ man patch
> ...
> -R or --reverse
> Assume that this patch was created with the old and new
> files swapped. (Yes, I'm afraid that does happen occa-
> sionally, human nature being what it is.) patch
> attempts to swap each hunk around before applying it.
> Rejects come out in the swapped format. The -R option
> ...

> Next time you should read the man page yourself ;)

Come on, be fair. This text is pretty obscure. If you didn't know so
already, would you understand from it that -R undoes a patch?

Duncan.
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