Re: Newbie question - Patching

Marc Mutz (Marc@Mutz.com)
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 18:48:41 +0200

Davide Libenzi wrote:
>
> Thursday, July 15, 1999 5:22 PM
> Ron Brinker <service@emcis.com> wrote:
> > I realize this group usually deal with technical issues, but I haven't
> > been able to find answers by searching. I appologize in advance if I'm
> > in the wrong place :)
> >
> > Is there a Kernel-Patching Mini HOWTO, or something to that affect? I
> > have been trying to patch my 2.2.5 kernel to 2.2.10 and it can't get it
> > to patch cleanly. I haven't really seen any newbie level docs as far as
> > patching the kernel, so if anyone could suggest some required reading, I
> > would appreciate it.
>
> Hi Ron,
>
<snip>
>
> 3) do "patch -p1 < patch-name" where patch name is patch-2.2.6 up to
> patch-2.2.10
>
...and if only the last one (2.2.9->2.2.10) fails, you have to upgrade
your version of patch to at least 2.5.

Marc

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Marc Mutz <Marc@Mutz.com>                    http://marc.mutz.com/
University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics


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