Re: how to unpatch?

[eric lin <fsshl@centurytel.net>]

Seneca wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 01:24:52AM -0700, eric lin wrote:
>  
>
> >  I follow the Readme in 2.5.50, do
> > gzip  -cd patch-2.5.50-ac1.gz | patch -p0
> >
> > but then it response
> >
> > can't find file to patch at input line 4
> > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
> > The text leading up to this was:
> > --------------------------
> > |diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude 
> > linux.50/arch/alpha/defconfig linux.50-ac1/arch/alpha/defconfig
> > |--- linux.50/arch/alpha/defconfig      2002-11-25 15:11:47.000000000 +0000
> > |+++ linux.50-ac1/arch/alpha/defconfig  2002-12-03 20:54:30.000000000 +0000
> > --------------------------
> > File to patch:
> >
> > then how should I response?
> > I ever try to put again
> > atch-2.5.50-ac1.gz
> >    
>
> What is the name of the directory containing your kernel source? For the
> patch to work without typing in every filename, you could rename the
> source's directory to linux.50
>
>  
I download as enduser for example to /home/fsshl
linux-2.5.50.tar.gz
then I tar xfvz linux-2.5.50.tar.gz
it generate a directory linux-2.5.50 in  my /home/fsshl
then I follow README in linux-2.5.50  to do unpatch the another 
downloaded patch-2.5.50-ac1.gz  from kernel.org

www:/home/fsshl#  gzip  -cd patch-2.5.50-ac1.gz | patch -p1
can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude 
linux.50/arch/alpha/defconfig linux.50-ac1/arch/alpha/defconfig
|--- linux.50/arch/alpha/defconfig      2002-11-25 15:11:47.000000000 +0000
|+++ linux.50-ac1/arch/alpha/defconfig  2002-12-03 20:54:30.000000000 +0000
--------------------------
File to patch:

so the name of directory containing my kernel source should be /home/fsshl

in the promt of File to patch:
I tried both patch-2.5.50-ac1.gz and linux-2.5.50.tar.gz  all not work

the line
gzip  -cd patch-2.5.50-ac1.gz | patch -p1
in that readme doc should do
gzip  -cd patch-2.5.50-ac1.gz | patch -p0
but someone in linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org told me

eric lin wrote:

> > Dear Andrew:
> >
> >    I follow the Readme in 2.5.50, do
> >   gzip  -cd patch-2.5.50-ac1.gz | patch -p0
>  

You want `patch -p1'.


what ever both all not work.

like to see any advancer's opinion

highly apprecaite your help

sincere Eric
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