Re: printing

"Bruce Dubbs" ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List) <[email protected]> Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:59:37 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lfs.beyond.support
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 1/16/26 9:02 AM, Richard ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List) wrote:
> On 1/15/26 10:52 AM, Bruce Dubbs ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing 

[snip]

>>> 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

> Thanks for your help!
> 
> I've made a patch that I tested, and I also have written up
> a hint for my hplip fix. How can I submit the hint and
> the patch? From the documentation on linuxfromscratch.org
> it sounds like I am supposed to submit them first to a mailing
> list.

Just reply to this email and attach the hint.

   -- Bruce

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