Re: Applying 2.5.4-pre1 patch

From: Pierre Rousselet (pierre.rousselet@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Wed Feb 06 2002 - 16:32:39 EST


Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Pierre Rousselet wrote:
>
>>Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>
>>>Pierre Rousselet wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Patching drivers/char/gameport with /dev/null doesn't work for me. What
>>>>is the trick ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>/dev/null indicates a new, or a removed, file.
>>>
>>'patch -p0 < patch' is confused by this : "sure you want to delete this
>>file ?"
>>
>
> Linus's patches should be applied with -p1.

OK, it works. But you cannot use the patch-file outside of the linux
directory. It means also the patch-kernel script is dead.

Pierre

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