Re: Applying 2.5.4-pre1 patch

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Wed Feb 06 2002 - 16:13:21 EST

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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.

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