P4DTI issue job000635

TitleAG doesn't offer "patch" utility for Windows
Statusclosed
Priorityessential
Assigned userNick Barnes
OrganizationRavenbrook
DescriptionInstalling the P4DTI for Bugzilla requires the use of the utility "patch". This is not standard on Windows, and the P4DTI for Bugzilla is now supported on Windows. The AG should explain that "patch" has to be installed, and offer a source of it for Windows. Our test machine has Cygwin installed, which comes with "patch".
AnalysisPossible sources include CygWin, MKS, UnxUtils, and others. Maybe best if we choose a single freely-redistributable patch.exe from one of these and put it in the project imports.
How foundcustomer
Evidence[1] <http://info.ravenbrook.com/mail/2002/11/27/16-36-00/0.txt>
Observed in1.5.1
Introduced in1.5.0
Created byNick Barnes
Created on2002-12-11 15:19:44
Last modified byNick Barnes
Last modified on2002-12-11 16:07:04
History2002-12-11 NB Created.

Fixes

Change Effect Date User Description
36658 closed 2002-12-11 16:06:36 Nick Barnes Added link to a version of patch for Windows. Clarified the patch procedure, adding a "-p1" switch. Prepended "Microsoft" to "Windows" in a few places where I thought it improved clarity.