<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2008 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>7.3 Submitting patches</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="7.3 Submitting patches"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="sdccman"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2008"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="sdccman.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node161.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node159.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node157.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node161.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html3203" HREF="node161.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3197" HREF="node157.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3191" HREF="node159.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3199" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html3201" HREF="node191.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html3204" HREF="node161.html">7.4 Getting Help</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html3198" HREF="node157.html">7. Support</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html3192" HREF="node159.html">7.2 Requesting Features</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html3200" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html3202" HREF="node191.html">Index</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H1><A NAME="SECTION00830000000000000000"></A><A NAME="3895"></A> <BR> 7.3 Submitting patches </H1> <P> Like bug reports contributed patches are forwarded to the developer mailing list. This is the link for submitting patches<A NAME="3896"></A>: <TT><A NAME="tex2html107" HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=599&atid=300599">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=599&atid=300599</A></TT>. <P> You need to specify some parameters to the <TT>diff</TT> command for the patches to be useful. If you modified more than one file a patch created f.e. with <I><B>''diff -Naur unmodified_directory modified_directory >my_changes.patch''</B></I> will be fine, otherwise <I><B>''diff -u sourcefile.c.orig sourcefile.c >my_changes.patch''</B></I> will do. <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> 2011-03-20 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>