On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 02:48 -0500, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > >> It's a bug. Apply attached patch to > >> /usr/lib/chkrootkit-0.48/chkrootkit to fix it. > > > > I hate to appear stupid, but how do I apply that? I thought patching > > was done to tar files or src rpms? Please give my old head some > > education. > > Patches are generally applied using the patch command. It takes the > output of diff and applies it to the files named in the diff. For the > patch that Michael sent, you should be able to apply it like so: > > # cd /usr/lib/chkrootkit-0.48 > # patch -p1 -b < /path/to/where/you/saved/the/patch-file > > That should apply the patch and backup the chkrootkit file (as > chkrootkit~). The -p1 tells patch to strip off the first directory > level of the path in the patch file. So it would remove the > chkrootkit-0.48-orig/ and chkrootkit-0.48/ parts and use chkrootkit as > the filename to which it's applying the patch. > > Or you could grab an (unsigned) rpm out of koji: > > F8: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=35724 > F7: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=35723 > > Or you could wait a day or so for it to show up via a regular yum > update. ;) Thanks, I sorta knew how "patch" has been used in the past to change the innards of a tar file, I was just hesitant to use it towards a script already applied. Thanks be to the strong efforts of others, I have never had to, in a bunch of years! My gratitude goes to the efforts of the Devel teams. Humans make mistakes 15% of the time, statistically. So, the occasional burp in the barrel is to be expected and I'm delighted that there are as few hiccups as we've seen. I would insert one caveat, if it ain't broke don't fix it, as that 15% chance comes back into play. :) Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
