> In linux.dev.kernel you write:
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> >On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Michael Driscoll wrote:
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> >Ah... OK, I really hate to apply "non-official" patches to my kernel.
> >I always end up downloading the WHOLE thing afresh. I'll wait for
> >2.1.22 then :)
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> patch has a nice "-R" switch. So you can easily reverse the
> "non-official" patch before applying 2.1.22 :-)
Be that as it may, patch (at least the version I have) fails when a "-R"
reversal tries to resurrect a no-longer-existing file. I end up with the
entire file in a ".rej", and have to hand-edit to get the +'s out of
it :-(.
Steve