| Bill Jonas on Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:18:25 -0400 |
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[If a new thread is started, can we please compose a new email rather than replying to a random old one? It messes up threading in a threaded mailreader. Thanks.] On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 10:31:34AM -0400, Paul wrote: > should avoid it. "patch-2.4.11-dontuse.gz" Does that mean I should > not run the system based on that patch, but that it would be OK to use > it and move on the 2.4.12 patch? 2.4.11 was bad. You can go ahead and use the patch to bring you up to the current version, but don't stop at 2.4.11. > I've never patched a kernel before. Does anyone have any > suggestions? (I want to patch instead of downloading the newer kernel > for two reasons. I'm on a dial-up and I want to learn to patch.) Once you have everything you need (patch 2.4.1[1-8]), you can use commands similar to these: /usr/src$ tar -xjf linux-2.4.10.tar.bz2 /usr/src$ cd linux /usr/src/linux$ bzcat ../patch-2.4.1* |patch -p1 -s Of course, if you're using gzipped files, substitute the appropriate commands/options above. The -p1 option to patch means "skip one directory from the beginning of the filename". -s means "be silent unless there's an error". See the manual page for more details. -- Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin Attachment:
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