Re: kernel patching
On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 09:42:02AM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> I already had linux kernel linux-2.6.13.2.tar.bz2. I untaared in
> /usr/src. and sym link to linux. I downloaded patch for 13.3 and 13.3
> gz files and gunzipped.
> I did dry run patch. I got error.
Look at the patch file - you should see a line which modifies
EXTRAVERSION right near the top. For example:
$ bzcat patch-2.6.13.4.bz2 |head
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
VERSION = 2
PATCHLEVEL = 6
SUBLEVEL = 13
-EXTRAVERSION =
+EXTRAVERSION = .4
NAME=Woozy Numbat
The patch files are from the base release, not the last EXTRAVERSION -
so you need linux-2.6.13 to patch rather than linux-2.6.13.2. Sorry!
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Jon Dowland
http://jon.dowland.name/
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