[Abcde-users] Newbie asking for help - Patching abcde

[Roger]

> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 07:44:46PM +0100, Edward Petrie-Smith wrote:
>   All,
>
>   I have just installed version 2.5.4 from source on my Ubuntu platform.
>
>   I remember coming across a patch that included the ability to embed album
>   art into the mp3 being created by abcde, and managed to find it available
>   from [1]http://code.google.com/p/abcde/issues/detail?id=33.
>
>   I've used patch in the past to patch binaries etc.
>   ([2]http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/appy-patch-file-using-patch-command/) but
>   struggling with how I go about installing the patch here.
>
>   Could somebody please help me here by explaining what I need to patch
>   abcde here? Can I just apply the patch in isolation, or do I need to
>   install patches 0001-0004 before I can apply this patch.
>
>   Edward.

You likely manually patched the installed bin (script) file by hand as root.

(The installed /usr/bin/abcde file is a simple bash script file. ;-)

ie. cd /usr/bin/ && patch --dry-run < /home/edward/my_mp3.patch


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Roger
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