help -- generating a patch

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Make sure you have 2.5x or above autoconf package.

- Ben

On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, download (Jim Prewett) wrote:

> All,
>
> I'm attempting to generate a patch for 3.0.2p1.  This patch will modify
> the configure script (and another file); I would like to do it via the
> configure.ac file.
>
> However, when I run 'autoconf ./configure.ac > ./configure.new', I get an
> unuseable ./configure.new script; both with and without my patch
> applied (including from a freshly unpacked tarball).  Here is the error:
>
> [dl at spacebrain openssh-3.0.2p1]$ ./configure.new
> loading cache ./config.cache
> ./configure.new: line 606: syntax error near unexpected token
> `AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(ssh.c)'
> ./configure.new: line 606: `AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(ssh.c)'
>
> Now, I'm guessing that I screwed something up (i'm not terribly familular
> with autoconf and friends).  Any help you could give me would be
> appriciated....
>
> Also, while I'm at it, is the proper way to submit a patch to OpenSSH to
> create a 'diff -u' of the two trees?
>
> Thanks,
> --dl
>
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