Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Filters

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:16:37 -0500
On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 07:18:43AM -0500, qztf7k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
> I think that the patch is already applied, if you download the full 
> package, I
> am not 100% sure, but I think that you need the patch only if you had a
> previous version.

That's right. The patch is only used if you happen to have an earlier
source-tree laying around. It's faster to download the patch
than the new source tree (*.tar.gz) since the patch is smaller. You
apply the patch to your current source tree, and then you have the
new version of ethereal.

--gilbert