Xfree86 Patch and rebuild

[AndrewLubinus89]

Ok, so I have some patches and the first several lines say:
--- xc/lib/GL/mesa/src/drv/r200/r200_texstate.c.orig_4.3.99.9 Tue Aug 5 17:05:22 2003
+++ xc/lib/GL/mesa/src/drv/r200/r200_texstate.c Tue Aug 5 10:52:45 2003

Do I need the xfree86 source to apply this patch? And do I recompile it afterward? I'm a xwindows user so I don't know much about compiling.

[hard candy]

Yes you need the source to patch. Then you have to run "patch", ./configure, make, make install. I would look for binaries-rpms, packages, etc. It will be a lot easier. I've compiled XFree before and you'll need to set the font libraries up, run xfconfig, and set up your gui (kde,gnome,etc) to find the libraries, etc. Unless you really want to compile, binaries would be a whole lot easier.
You can look on rpmfind.net, linuxpackages, your distro download pages, use apt-get, swaret, etc.

[AndrewLubinus89]

Uh, but I want to apply the patch, if I use the binaries I can't apply it can I? I just downloaded the source off the website so I don't have to look for it.