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

[Todd Chapman]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 04:41:12PM -0400, Jennifer I. Moore wrote:
> 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
> 

1. Get subverstion installed.
2. $ svn co svn://svn.bestpractical.com/rt/branches/3.4-RELEASE rt-3.4.x
3. $ cd rt-3.4.x
4. $ svn update

Run svn update anytime there have been changes to the source (as seen
in rt-commit).

-Todd