Re: prepatching errors

[David Abrahams]

David Abrahams <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Chase Venters <chase.venters@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, David Abrahams wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to apply the 2.6.18-rc6 prepatch (from
>>> http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/patch-2.6.18-rc6.bz2)
>>> to the 2.6.17.11 sources (from
>>> http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.17.11.tar.bz2) using
>>
>> David,
>> 	The -rc series patches should be applied to the last mainline (not
>> -stable) release. In your case, you want to patch 2.6.17.
>
> Oooooh!

BTW, it might be a good idea to put a link to the latest mainline
sources right on the front page of kernel.org where I found the
prepatch.  Along with note in the prepatch row saying "apply to 2.6.17
sources," that would have saved y'all having to answer my dumb query.

Thanks again,
-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com

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