[9fans] System patch failed: Permission denied

[Strake]

Hello. I wish to patch my system, but can't:

% who
glenda
% cat /adm/users | grep glenda
glenda:glenda:glenda:
sys:sys::glenda
% ape/patch < /usr/glenda/nix.diff
patching file 'float.h'
patch: **** can't rename '/tmp/...' to 'float.h': Permission denied
%

What?

I tried other diffs; same grief. How can I do so? I briefly searched
the 9fans archive, but found no such method, though I'm a 9novice so
might have just missed it.

Thanks.

Cheers,
strake

[David du Colombier]

If this is the patch I'm thinking about, try:

% ape/patch -p1 < /usr/glenda/nix.diff

[Strake]

Post by David du Colombier
% ape/patch -p1 < /usr/glenda/nix.diff

Thanks. It worked.

I thought that patch would use full path if -p not given, but it seems
otherwise.

Cheers,
strake

[David du Colombier]

Post by Strake
I thought that patch would use full path if -p not given,
but it seems otherwise.

No. Without -p, patch retains only the last element in the path.
There are new files in your patch, but you can't usually create
files into /. That's why it failed.

Patch is a bit confusing because it hasn't showed you the
first error message, which was:

mounted directory forbids creation