On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:14:18 +0000 Matthew Seaman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 14/01/2011 17:19, Christopher J. Ruwe wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to test Martin Matuskas patch for ZFS v28 against > > stable. Can I patch against any stable (like stable of today) or > > does it necessarily need to be the stable-tree of the date > > specified in the patch-file? > > > > If the latter should be true, how do I obtain a stable tree of any > > given date? > > > > Thanks for any help, kind regards, > > You can generally patch against a version more recent than when the > patch was released, up to a point. If there are commits to any of the > files touched by the patch after the patch date, then the patch may > not apply properly, or the result may not work correctly. > [...] > > To obtain a copy of the stable sources as of a specific date, depends > on how you're getting the sources. > > csup(1) or cvsup(1) has a date parameter which you can add to your > sup-file. See csup(1). Thank you for your help. Pulling RELENG_8 from a specific date (18th Dec) worked just fine, as well as patching, machine is compiling now. Nothing more to do now, so I will check back after breakfast tomorrow morning. I am hoping this will also fix my geli issue on boot ... Cheers, -- Christopher TZ GMT + 1
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