[rt-users] Seeking documentation on applying patches posted in rt-commit

[Jennifer I. Moore]

Hi Todd, rt-users, and rt-commit,

Thank you for your reply.  It would be very helpful, if I was already 
versed in the use of Subversion, and it was already installed on my 
system.  Unfortunately, neither is the case yet.  Though I did find the 
thread in the RT mail list archives on renaming the Subversion tree, so I 
have a better understanding now of the subject lines (but what's Jiffy?).

Since Subversion seems to be one of RT's "dependencies" (in the sense of 
applying patches), I was hoping to find a set of instructions in the RT 
documentation that covers Subversion's installation and use *as it pertains 
to RT*.  Still searching, but hoping someone may be able to point me in the 
right direction.

Of course I downloaded the Subversion source, read portions of the online 
book, and ran the install.  However, it didn't like the idea of being 
installed in a non-default location, so I had to back out for now.  (We 
have RT and all of its pieces in its own filesystem, which I 
administer.  The rest is under another sysadmin's perview.)

I suppose the simpler questions are these:

   - Are there any patches that need to be applied to RT 3.4.4 to fix 
bugs?  It appears that there may be.

   - Is it possible to cut and paste code posted to the rt-commit list into 
an overlay file and apply the patch that way?  If so, what path and 
filename?  Any other details needed?  (Please note, Perl is still just a 
camel to me too.)

Thanks in advance.  I'll cross-post this to rt-commit as well.

Jennifer

At 9/20/2005 08:27 PM, you wrote:
>Just check-out the 3.4-RELEASE branch from subversion. Do
>an occasional 'svn update' and upgrade RT as necessary.
>
>Or you could just download each release version of RT as
>it comes out and do an upgrade.
>
>There are more complicated (to set up) methods too,
>involving svk.
>
>-Todd
>
>On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 06:36:11PM -0400, Jennifer I. Moore wrote:
> > Gentle Greetings,
> >
> > Would someone be so kind as to please direct me to instructions on how to
> > apply patches to RT?  I have searched the mail list archives, Wiki
> > documentation, and have read what I can find in RT Essentials (about
> > overlays and such, though the text quickly goes over my novice-perl head
> > after that).
> >
> > I am subscribed to the rt-commit list, and see some items referring to
> > RELEASE 3.4, so I am assuming these are patches that need to be applied,
> > yes?  Also, a pointer to information that would help me understand the
> > terminology used in the subject lines would be most appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your help!
> > Jennifer
> >
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