Thank you so much Bernd and Ranjan, i should read Documentation more often :)
~amit On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Bernd Petrovitsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 19:29 +0530, amit mehta wrote: > [...] > > I'm trying to build linux kernel for version 2.6.24 on a machine > > running suse. > > so i downloaded the kernel soruces and patches from : > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ > > > > I've downloaded following two compressed files: > > linux-2.6.24.tar.bz2 > > patch-2.6.24.bz2 > > > > After uncompressing and making symlink as > > ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.24 /usr/src/linux > > > > I gave a dry run for patches as: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] cd /usr/src/linux > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/src/linux ] # bzip2 -dc /usr/src/patch-2.6.24.bz2 | > > patch -p1 --dry-run > > In principle, that is the way to go. > > > patching file .gitignore > > Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] > > > > Seems that it found already applied patches, so what should i provide > > You shouldn't apply patch-2.6.24 on to linux-2.6.24 in the first place > as all of them are already in there. > If you apply patch-2.6.24 on linux-2.6.23, you actually get > linux-2.6.24. > > > as answer to > > the above querry(Assume -R? [n] ) , i gave "Y" as answer and then > > You do realize what you get with that? > > > again there was > > similar question for several other files . so is there any way to be > > able to overwrite the already applied > > patches non interactively(i mean without answering the same question > > for other files as well) ? > > You could pass "-R" as parameter to patch. But that merely > reverse-applies (i.e. "removes") the patch (and in the above example > would produce linux-2.6.23). > > Bernd > -- > Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ > mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 > Embedded Linux Development and Services > > > -- "Everyone has a photographic memory. Some people just don't have film." — Mel Brooks
