Patching: Assume ?

**psychobuffalo** · 08-23-2005

I tried to apply a kernel patch and found it was already installed. But in this message:

Code:

Reversed &#40;or previously applied&#41; patch detected!  Assume -R? &#91;n&#93;

... what does "Assume -R" mean? And what would I respond if I wanted the re-apply the patch? Thanks.

**lakerdonald** · 08-23-2005

The convention is generally to make diff's with the older file first:

Code:

diff -c foo.bar.orig foo.bar

Using

Code:

patch -R

tells patch to assume the person who wrote the diff messed up and did:

Code:

diff -c foo.bar foo.bar.orig