Re: Hoping for some help with this kernel error
On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 01:34:52AM +0100, Frankie wrote
> Incidentally, on the subject of kernel 2.2.10 and make-kpkg, has anyone had a compile
> problem just after patching to 2.2.10?
> Normally when I install a patch, I use a modified version of the patch-kernel script,
> and then I run make-kpkg kernel_image.
> However, when I upgraded from 2.2.9 to 2.2.10, the compile stopped near the end with an
> error which I can't remember, and to get it to compile I discovered I had to make-kpkg
> clean, before runnning make-kpkg kernel-image.
>
> Is this just some freak error on my system? or has the makefile failed to notice that
> its a later version of the kernel? or does make-kpkg not handle running make clean etc
> if necessary?
>
I patched (what I thought were) clean 2.2.9 sources, and got a whole bunch
of 'reversed/already applied' hunks and rejected patches. So, I downloaded
linux-2.2.10.tar.gz and everything worked.
John P.
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