1. Get the original ftp://ftp.appli.se/pub/isakmpd/isakmpd-1.0.1.tar.gz 2. Unpack the original $ tar -xvzf isakmpd-1.0.1.tar.gz 3. Change directories down into the upper level directory of the package $ cd isakmpd-1.0.1 4. Apply the patch: $ patch -p0 < isakmpd-1.0.1.diff 5. Fix the permissions as per the modfile: ir-diff-dist notice: chmod instructions for the end-user are: chmod ogu+x config.guess config.sub configure install-sh missing mkinstalldirs