How to apply a difference patch?

Troubleshooting SDK
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Can someone give me a simple step by step process to install a difference patch.

I’ve looked at help and forums, but it’s all a bit overwhelming.



I need to use CVS right?



But I need to install CVS ? I’m currently downloading Xcode tools which I think will allow me to create a CVS root.



Is this the right way?



p.s. i’m using jmonkey platform.

2

If the patch is from svn, select the file, then use Subversion → Apply Diff Patch. CVS is not commonly used anymore, svn pretty much replaced it.

3

thanks normen - still need some direction,

specifically how would I use the patch from this,

http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/groups/general-2/forum/topic/boundingbox-collidewithray-fails-when-box-is-too-slim-floating-point-precission-fail-jme3-r7349/#post-126277



how do i create the patch file - do i copy and paste it into a txt document with a .patch .diff extension?

4

Yeah, .patch

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okay do i need to install subversion software?



what i’ve tried…

I set up the path to the svn executable in preferences.



do i open the BoundingBox.java file and use Subversion → Apply Diff Patch from there? I can’t as it’s greyed out



I’ve called the patch BoundingBox.patch and copied the text into there.



still confused sorry…

6

Unless you want to learn diff/patch mechanism for general enlightment, in this particular case, just apply the change by hand. Find the line marked with - in the file and replace it with whatever is after +.

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yeah but the file is read only within jm platform -

so then i looked for the source libraries - but got confused as to what/where i should be looking…

8

If you want to apply a patch to jme you have to build it yourself, see the manual for that too.