Re: patch

Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Mon, 18 Nov 2002 21:20:43 -0200 (BRST)


On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, deepak wrote:

> how do i uninstall a patch

$ man patch
...
-R or --reverse
Assume that this patch was created with the old and new
files swapped. (Yes, I'm afraid that does happen occa­
sionally, human nature being what it is.) patch
attempts to swap each hunk around before applying it.
Rejects come out in the swapped format. The -R option
...

Next time you should read the man page yourself ;)

Rik

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