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Re: [PLUG] patching the kernel (again)
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> Yes you can. There are several possible gotcha's but go into your
> likely to be /usr/src/linux directory and first backup your dot config
I never change /usr/src/linux. This is a bad idea and Linus himself urges
against it:
http://www.kernelnewbies.org/faq/index.php3#headers
> (.config to be exact) to something like .config.bak. Then do a make
> clean;make mrproper (I'm paranoid). Then cp or mv your
> patch-2.4.19-4c1.gz file to /usr/src. Then cd /usr/src/ and enter
>
> zcat patch-2.4.19.rc1.gz |patch -p0 <Enter>
Right. I did this. A lot. I got loads of troubles w/ HUNKS failing, and
patch assuming that the patches were made reversed (new/old), as well as
not being able to find the file necessary to patch (many of these were
made by people using crazy junk like Linux and Linux-2.4 in their
patch-files. Ug).
I may just wait till 2.4.19 before I do anything, or if I'm allowed to
upgrade to rh7.3, I could just install the kernel bin rpm.
Fred
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