Re: printing

On 1/15/26 7:09 AM, Richard ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List) wrote:
> On 1/15/26 7:53 AM, Pierre Labastie ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing 
> List) wrote:

>>> I would need to upload my .zip file containing the 13 files I
>>> modified (with intenal comments showing the changes),
>>> a simple script I used to copy the modified files to the
>>> hplip source, and a readme file in order to explain what
>>> I did. Is it ok to upload my .zip file to a lfs hint? I've not
>>> made a hint before, but it seems the attachments are mostly
>>> patches and scripts.
>> Why not just make a patch which shows the diff between the upstream
>> hplip source and the modified one (including comments)?
>>
>> Maybe I am missing something here.
>>
>> Regards
>> Pierre
>>
> 
> I am the one who is missing something, I have never made
> a patch before so I would have some learning to do. It was
> just easier for me to copy the files.

Just put the original expanded tarball into a directory, say /tmp/hplip.orig, and 
copy that to /tmp/hplip.new.  Then copy the modified files to /tmp/hplip.new.

Make a patch file with:

cd /tmp
diff -Naur /tmp/hplip.orig /tmp/hplip.new > hplip-3.??.??.patch

   -- Bruce

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