The following is a collection of Frequently asked questions about patches in this page and some other useful information.
All comments are welcome.
A patch gives you the ability to have today a feature for which you would otherwise have to wait an undetermined amount of time. I had a experience in a AIX 4.2 machine where non of these instructions worked. If everything fails try reading the manual for the command for your machine. If no other message that the filename being patched is returned then the application of the patch was successful and there's nothing to worry about. Just continue to compile the program again.