Thanks for the info. Now... just one other related question...

Does each prepatch contain the code from all the previous prepatches?

I don't plan on applying them. I'm just looking to learn a little
something. :)

Rick

On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 16:46, Vox wrote:
> 
> Silly Rick Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> becomes daring and writes:
> 
> > OK... my question, as the subject says, is: What's a prepatch of the
> > kernel? I saw an announcement about a: Stable kernel prepatch
> > 2.4.20-pre10.
> >
> > I am running 2.4.19. Is this a patch *leading up to* the next release
> > (presumably 2.4.20)??
> 
>   Indeed. all -pre## are "##th attempt at getting a release-ready"
>   much like the RCs in mandrake release cycle.
> 
>   Vox
> 
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