Cedric, Please do the following:
$ cd /to/your/kicad/source/path $ git format-patch you should see a patch file named: 0001-first-line-of-commit-message.patch. Post this patch to the mailing list. Cheers, Wayne On 12/18/2018 8:16 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi All, > This is my first patch, created by copying and pasting from github: > https://github.com/cdwijs/kicad-source-mirror/commit/019dec6edacd63237680b0662e720b8dab6f1664 > Is this method acceptable? > > Cheers, > Cedric > > Documentation/development/compiling.md > <https://github.com/cdwijs/kicad-source-mirror/commit/019dec6edacd63237680b0662e720b8dab6f1664#diff-922fef278a3be6506a5926a921032140> > > > @@ -275,13 +275,18 @@ and run `msys2_shell.cmd`. > > > ##Building using MSYS2 ## {#msys2_build} > > > The following commands assume you are building for 64-bit Windows, and > that you already have > > the KiCad source code in a folder called `kicad-source` in your home > directory. See below > > The following commands assume you are building for 64-bit Windows. See > below > > for changes if you need to build for 32-bit instead. Run `mingw64.exe` > from the MSYS2 > > install path. At the command prompt run the the following commands: > > > > > > > > > pacman -S base-devel \ > > git \ > > git \ > > mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake \ > > mingw-w64-x86_64-doxygen \ > > mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc \ > > @@ -298,7 +303,8 @@ install path. At the command prompt run the the > following commands: > > mingw-w64-x86_64-glm \ > > mingw-w64-x86_64-oce \ > > mingw-w64-x86_64-ngspice > > cd kicad-source > > git clone https://git.launchpad.net/kicad > > cd kicad > > mkdir -p build/release > > mkdir build/debug # Optional for debug build. > > cd build/release > > @@ -320,7 +326,18 @@ For debug builds, run the cmake command with > `-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug` from the > > There are some known issues that are specific to MSYS2. This section > provides a list of the > > currently known issues when building KiCad using MSYS2. > > > ###GLM version 0.9.9.3 is incompatible with KiCad. ### {#ki_glm_0993} > > > GLM version 0.9.9.3 is incompatible with KiCad. You must downgrade to > version 0.9.9.2 or older. Open the file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.ming64 > to get the location of your mirror, download the older version, and use > the following command to install it: > > pacman -U ~/mingw-w64-x86_64-glm-0.9.9.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz > > > You should also > > configure pacman to prevent upgrading the 64-bit GLM package by adding: > > > IgnorePkg = mingw-w64-x86_64-glm > > > to your /etc/pacman.conf file. > > > ###64-bit Package of Boost 1.59 ### {#ki_msys2_64bit_boost} > > > The context library of the x86_64 package of Boost version 1.59 is > broken and will cause KiCad > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

