Re: Kernel Patching advice needed.
On Wed, 03 Jul 2002, John Foster wrote:
You only need to apply 1 patch to get from 2.4.18 to 2.4.19-rc1:
# cd <your kernel src dir>
# gunzip patch-2.4.19-rc1.gz
# patch -p0 --dry-run < patch-2.4.19-rc1
If all goes well:
# patch -p0 < patch-2.4.19-rc1
> I am attempting to "patch" a copy of linux-2.4.18 all the way to
> 2.4.19-rc1. I have a question based on my lack of experience. I started
> by applying the 1st. patch...no problems. I then applied the 2nd patch
> and immediatel got a message saying it had encountered either a reversed
> or previously patched file. It asked if I wanted to patch -R the patch
> and/or apply anyway. I answered all of these using the default [n] and
> everything seemed to go O.K. What I got to thinking about was "what if
> someone wrote a patch for an already patched file. So my question is; Do
> I need to answer all of thes questions in the affirmative? default[n] Y
> Any advice is appreciated as there is not a lot of docummentation on
> this.
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> John Foster
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