Zach,

I think what you need is the -p<number> parameter to patch, where
<number> specifies how many '/'s are stripped from the front of the
pathname.  The man page for patch does a good job of explaning the
option.

-Brian

> It looks as though the kernel (and other?) sources for NetBSD 1.3.1
> are not supplied as a tarred, gzipped set, but as a patch to the
> NetBSD 1.3 sources. I downloaded the patch:
> 
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.3.1/source/netbsd-1.3-1.3.1.diff.gz
> 
> But cannot figure out how to properly apply it.  I tried copying it
> into the /usr/src directory and doing a
> 'patch < netbsd-1.3-1.3.1.diff', 
> but this only changed the top level Makefile and then asked for the
> next file to patch.  I quickly reverted the Makefile to its original
> state and then looked again for a README that would detail the
> location in which to run patch and the command line options that need
> to be passed to it in order to properly patch my sources up to 1.3.1,
> but was unable to find any such documentation.
> 
> I either need some instructions or to be pointed in the general
> direction of a README file that must exist but that I'm having trouble
> finding.  Otherwise, if the 1.3.1 sources are available as a package,
> I'd be happy to waste some bandwidth and download the complete
> package.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. I know the solution must be pretty
> obvious, it's just eluding me at the moment.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -Zach Fine
> czyz@u.washington.edu
> 
> PS. Try the latest GIMP, it's just about eclipsed Photoshop IMO. 
> PPS. Now if I could just find a cheap neg scanner supported by SANE...
> 
>