Howto apply a patch/diff file

[Gremnon]

Mm, on compiling, I've a little issue. I've a Windows Vista laptop I tried to follow the wiki on, but I hit a few snags.

Firstly, it seems Subversion doesn't supply binaries any more, and their linked-to options don't seem to be all that helpful for MinGW/Msys use.
Secondly, when it comes to checking to see if gcc has installed, it apparently doesn't exist.

The latter isn't much of a problem if I can't get subversion so I can check it out, unless someone can write an alternate guide for getting and compiling trunk via mercurial or git.
I also noted that there was a warning about versions of gcc, so I'm going to go back and fiddle around with different versions and see if that changes anything.

[Terkhen]

Subversion binaries for most platforms can be easily found at the project homepage: http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html

You can also pull OpenTTD trunk repository using mercurial (from http://hg.openttd.org/openttd/trunk.hg).

[Gremnon]

Aye, I saw those binaries. They're not officially generated, which isn't necessarily a bad thing as such, but they all insist on being installed, and after I couldn't track down where one of them was, and the other didn't seem to work with MinGW/Msys, I stopped trying.

I also know it's possible to pull by git or hg - I just haven't a clue how to enable my MinGW environment to be able to do it, so instead of using 'svn co...' I can instead just use the same analogous command for either of them.

It's been a while since I compiled OpenTTD last. Bear with me while I try to catch up and let everything come back to me.

[Terkhen]

I have both Subversion and Mercurial installed outside of msys and added to PATH. They work fine with mingw32/msys unless you try to do something strange (such as enabling the color extension for Mercurial).

[Flamefire]

I got a problem too: (I'm using TortoiseSVN)
I have a patch that applies to an older version without problems. But i want it to apply to the current one.
Some files are shown black (no problem) but others say "...patch outdated...(lines) does not match..."

I got no way to fix it manually. Just this message (I remember using TortoiseGIT where a 3-View was shown, where i can fix that stuff manually)

How can i proceed?

[Terkhen]

Open the files with problems and their .rej files. Fix the rejected hunks manually, checking the .rej files and correcting their corresponding file accordingly. There might be a 3-way diff program for windows, but I don't know any.

[Dante123]

following the EXACT steps as shown here: http://wiki.openttd.org/Compiling_on_MinGW

i get a error like this:

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i tried 3 times, so thats why some of the errors are like: already exist.
but somehow i think there is some line missing or something in this wiki page ?

[Eddi]

the first error is usually the clue. you tell it to extract to a directory /tmp1, but that directory doesn't exist.

"./mingwPORT.sh: cd: /tmp1: No such file or directory"

[Rubidium]

The download location of one of the files has gone, so another approach has to be taken (according to other posts on this forum). Just nobody has fixed the wiki.

[Dante123]

the first error is usually the clue. you tell it to extract to a directory /tmp1, but that directory doesn't exist.

but it sould make it right ?

or what is the correct command to make it ? previous i never had to make it like this


**EDIT**
same error when i do make the file.

its more that 404 error that makes it not work i guess

[Eddi]

the command to create a directory is "md" or "mkdir" [for "make directory"]

[planetmaker]

Accept the defaults. But you'll run into the error that the file you will try to download (zlib-1.2.3) doesn't exist anymore...
Manual install is called for - or maybe a newer install script exists there meanwhile.

[Dante123]

how do i do this manual, or more like, where is the good location to put what files ?

or well, maybe any1 of you can help me out, maybe trough teamviewer (remote desktop)

[Eddi]

you got a different error now. always check the first error, it changed from "directory does not exist" to "the download location does not exist". likely you need to download a newer version (1.2.5 or something).

[Dante123]

you got a different error now. always check the first error, it changed from "directory does not exist" to "the download location does not exist". likely you need to download a newer version (1.2.5 or something).

well for a dummy on this terrain i just need to follow some guid step by step and than i get it to work (like it was on my previous machine)
so really i dont have a clue now how i change versions and that kind of stuff

p.s. all i want is to compile the latest version if chill's patchpack, so if any1 could do that, thats also a alternative for this whole installing

[Dante123]

so, if i want to make it manual.
where exactly is he trying to make this "tmp" dir ? (i cant find where he is looking for this)
and am i correct that when i than put the tar.b2 inside there manual, it will work ?

[Lord Aro]

i believe i now know exactly how to make a newer version
i should hopefully have it uploaded by tomorrow evening (15/08), and almost certainly by day after

[Eddi]

so, if i want to make it manual.
where exactly is he trying to make this "tmp" dir ? (i cant find where he is looking for this)
and am i correct that when i than put the tar.b2 inside there manual, it will work ?

this is probably a subdirectory of where you installed msys to (like C:\Program Files\msys or so)

[Dwight_K._Schrute]

So I hope anybody can help me here...

I have a git repository and a SVN diff-file... what can I do to use it anyway...

I use TortoiseGIT in Windows...

[planetmaker]

What have you tried?