On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 03:02:51PM -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote: > I have linux-2.6.17, trying to patch it with 2.6.17-mm6, > patch-2.6.17-rt8 from Molnar, and bootsplash-3.1.6-2.6.15.diff. > I'm a little confused why, when I enter: > Hammertime:/home/chuckk/Desktop/kernel/new/linux-2.6.17-mm6# patch > --verbose -p1 ../2.6.17-mm6 > > the terminal sits idle, apparently indefinitely. I realize it's a > huge patch, but shouldn't --verbose give me some indication that > something is happening? > You need either of these lines: patch --verbose -p1 -i ../2.6.17-mm6 patch --verbose -p1 < ../2.6.17-mm6 Basically, it does not where to get input unless you supply it on stdin or you give it an input file name. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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