Patch failure when changing patchlevels

[Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>]

Hi,

I'm in the process of updating kernel handbook for lenny, and in the 
process discovered some patch problems. For example, when trying to 
unapply patches to go from patchlevel '2' directly to 'orig', I get 
the following:

jurij@droopy:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.26$ cat version.Debian 
2.6.26 2
jurij@droopy:/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.26$ sudo 
/usr/src/kernel-patches/all/2.6.26/apply/debian orig
--> Try to unapply 1.
  (+) OK   debian/include-userspace-compat.patch
  (+) OK   bugfix/powerpc/lpar-console.patch
  (+) OK   
bugfix/all/Input-i8042-add-Arima-Rioworks-HDAMB-board-to-nol.patch
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file 
drivers/misc/hpilo.c.rej
  (+) FAIL features/x86/drivers-hp_ilo.patch
Error: Patch failed

It appears that the script is trying first to unapply patch series 1 
and then 2 (instead of correct order of 2 and then 1) and some patches 
fail because of that. Running '.../apply/debian 1' followed by 
'.../apply/debian orig' (i.e. switching patchlevels one by one) works 
fine. Is it a bug or a feature?

Cheers.
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Jurij Smakov                                           jurij@wooyd.org
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