Re: Applying patches

Myrdraal (myrdraal@jackalz.dyn.ml.org)
Fri, 10 Apr 1998 19:22:43 -0400


On Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 01:24:56PM -0700, Linux Lists wrote:
Hi,
> What is the best command line to apply a kernel patch to a Linux kernel
> source tree ??? I always use only 'patch <[patch file]', but I have a
> feeling that some argument is missing ... :(
I generally:
cd to /usr/src,
zcat patch-2.1.95.gz|patch -p0
That is, assuming your kernel source is in /usr/src/linux, and you have
2.1.94 installed :)
-Myrdraal

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