page created the 14th of july 2006
Torque merge for linux
The merge of the different versions of torque should be done always in the same way.
What is very important is to start form the same refrence in term of code to patch.
Also our first assumption is that our referential is the cvs
repository and not a intermediate version. Because a patch it is done
after a compare to a version of reference.
When a patch is provided it is very important to know the version of reference in order to apply on the same version.
Very often I can read "the patch does not work" : this is normal if you
apply the patch on version of the source code different of origianl one
( I remind a patch is the result of a comparison betwwen 2 codes ,
the original and the new one)
Also in this tutorial for linux we consider that the refrence is the cvs repository.
Why the CVS repository ? Because the compilation works on linux !
At the end of the tutorail we will see how to generate a patch based on
the cvs repository content, in order to be sure that the patch is
compatible in any case.
Installation of MELD ( file merge)
Installation of the cvs repository
Prepare the environment and take some precautions
Remove the content of the
directory out.gcc*
Remove the windows
characters at end of line in order to avoid wrong differences with meld.
1/ cd ../torque/engine
2/ dos2unix -v */*
3/ dos2unix -v */*/*
4/ ....
5/ add a directory level until you have the message :
"dos2unix: Unable to
access file */*/*/*/*."
Save the directory cd
../torque/engine
1/ cd ../torque/
2/ tar -cvf xxxxx-vx.tar engine
Manage careefully teh
differnet version beacuse if you have issues you will restore the last
version
tar -xvf
xxxxx-vx.tar
Installation of the Torque package to merge
Folow the installation
instruction of the package
Search for the directory engine and redo the same actions than in the
paragraph above "Prepare the environment and take some precautions"
Merge the files with MELD
Use the menu new /
directory comparison
Open first the directory
engine of the package
Open in second the directory engine of the cvs
By this way you use always the same method of update with the 2 windows
: it is just an advise to avoid errors during the merge.
Don't forget to set the preferences in order to filter what you want to
merge only .
more information
All the files content in directory engine with differences should be check carrefully.
Test
Compile and test the result with the
demo provided with the package. Check if demo works as under windows.
Prepare a patch
Install gcvs :
more information
Apply the folowing
patch in order to get an operational environemnt to generate the patch.
Connect to the torque cvs repository : menu admin/preferences
Set you local directory : set button under menu file
Connect to the cvs repository : menu "admin/login"
Use the macro : menu "macro/prepare patch from pwd"
The patch is stored into the directory engine/patch.txt
