The most common failure when patching is Makefile and yes, you have to run
configure first. Don't worry too much about Makefile rejecting, just add
the rejects by hand. As for the not finding a patch, try adding a -u
switch to see if they'll do unified diffs. If not go get a real patch
program.
--
George Greer - Me@Null.net | Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity
http://www.van.ml.org/~greerga | is not thus handicapped. -- Elbert Hubbard
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