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Instead of recompiling the source and installing it again, is there a way to monkey patch the already existing package? It seems like a few lines of code.
by kiproping 6mo ago
Instead of recompiling the source and installing it again, is there a way to monkey patch the already existing package? It seems like a few lines of code.
- Pay08 6mo agoThat would be incredibly complicated and crash-prone to do.
- whalesalad 6mo agoyou can recompile and not install it anywhere, just run the binary you compiled yourself.
- ajsnigrutin 6mo agoWith nice distros like gentoo, you can just drop the .patch file into an apropriate folder and it'll be applied with every re/install/upgrade
- cxr 6mo agoI'd rather more like to imagine a software packaging/distribution regimen whereby dropping a patch(1)-compatible patch file into "an appropriate folder" meant that it would instantly take effect the very next time you run the program.