By smilodon on

Taxonomy_Access module needs that taxonomy.module must be patched.

3) Patch taxonomy.module with the included taxonomy.patch with the command 'patch -p0 < taxonomy.patch' while in your drupal installation's module directory.

The drupal site is in my host. Im renting web space. I think they have windows as operating system. All i have is acsess to MySQL and FTP acsess to the webspace. I think they deny executing exe. files, so installing any programs to "patch" my taxonomy.module is out of question.

HOW DO I PATCH A FILE IF I CANT PATCH A FILE !?

I request someone to make a copy of already patched taxonomy.module for core 4.6.3. and post an adress here for me (and many other ppl) to download it.
Please, i really need this feature. At the moment i have a faulty taxonomy.access module installed and it does not work at all.

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MentalFS’s picture

MentalFS commented

You can patch the file on your local computer using cygwin.

I Think you will need the package "patchutil" but I'm not sure.

1) Decompress drupal core to some directory on your PC.
2) Store the patch in the modules directory
3) Open a Cygwin bash and execute that command.

Maniac8888’s picture

Maniac8888 commented

These are the kind of instructions that will drive a non-technical user away from Drupal.

halr9000’s picture

halr9000 commented

This may be helpful:

http://drupal.org/node/323

smilodon’s picture

smilodon commented

PLEASE READ BEFORE ANSWERING !

I will quote myself now...
"The drupal site is in my host. Im renting web space. I think they have windows as operating system. All i have is acsess to MySQL and FTP acsess to the webspace. I think they deny executing exe. files, so installing any programs to "patch" my taxonomy.module is out of question.

HOW DO I PATCH A FILE IF I CANT PATCH A FILE !?"

So, could someone please upload patched taxonomy.module for me. Please.

MentalFS’s picture

MentalFS commented

I don't know if I understand this right, but if you're not able to patch it yourself it would mean... you have no computer at all.
Okay this means you are complete setting up a page and posting into this forum using a device like a PDA or cell phone. My honest respect to that, it must be a hell of a work.

Unfortunately, I am not allowed to upload here, so I can't provide the patched file for you. Maybe someone else can.

If not I would recommend to try it in an internet café or somewhere else (maybe a friend's computer or at work).
If there, the link halr9000 provided is a perfect place to start, you will find detailed instructions there.
Assuming that it will be a Windows PC you can directly go to http://drupal.org/node/32875 and follow the step-by-step list.

I hope this will help you.

Maniac8888’s picture

Maniac8888 commented

This whole concept of stand-alone patches is really stupid. No software company would ever do that. It gets even stranger when multiple people post multiple patches for the same module. Yikes.

This is hardly the way to run a railroad (so to speak), IMO.

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venkat-rk commented

I agree. This and the practice of listing the contrib modules by their original date of creation/posting are the two biggest usability issues for non-technical users on drupal.org.

I have never understood why the download link on a contrib module page cannot carry the date of the last update to the module.

Compare this with the newbie friendly approach of Acidfree's author. Every time there is a significant update, he puts out a message like this on the project page:

Attention — last packaged 09 Nov 2005 05:10:00
The listed 'release date' below is a little off. The tarballs below were really repackaged on the above date/time despite the link text below.

Really, Drupal.org should be doing this automatically.

shouchen’s picture

shouchen commented

Looks like chx submitted an issue about this. I wonder if anything will be done about it. http://drupal.org/node/20485

venkat-rk’s picture

venkat-rk commented

Oh, great to know that it is on the radar of the main drupal developers, even if only as a blip.

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bluepal commented

Me too, I need the PATCHED taxonomy.module for 4.6.3 ! PLEASE!!

The taxonomy module is important enough, it should have the patched (the correct) one for download, and not two files to be patched. It's a pain for newbie and non-techie.

Please, someone put the patched module on the CVS or on their own site and let us know where. Thanks in advance.

shouchen’s picture

shouchen commented

Please see http://drupal.org/node/37061

venkat-rk’s picture

venkat-rk commented

I can't thank you enough for this. I made a few half hearted attempts (I will admit that) to install cygwin but failed, so it is nice that you stepped in to help all of us.

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smilodon commented

MentalFS, this was not very funny. If i have a computer, then does it have to mean, that i MUST be running my server on my home computer ?!...
Anyway.. thank you others for understanding... and especially shouchen.

Damn i have to link some topics here.. the discussion is about the same issue... taxonomy.module patching.
http://drupal.org/node/22124
http://drupal.org/node/35547

MentalFS’s picture

MentalFS commented

Patching doesn't need to be done on a server.

I tried to be a bit creative in hinting that, maybe that went a bit wrong.

Actually, I was a bit scared of patching myself before I managed to do it. But I'm still keeping it on a minimum, because I don't want much trouble when drupal updates.

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halr9000 commented

thanks!