Mark - terrific - thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead Kaiser Permanente Information Technology 25 N. Via Monte Ave Walnut Creek, Ca 94598
Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sametime: (use Lotus Notes address) AIM: lbdyck Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/03/2002 03:15:13 PM: > Lionel, > > Try using "-p1" instead of "-p0". Patch tries to take the complete path and > filename in the patch file to find the file to be patched. In your case, > that is linux-2.4.7/Documentation/s390/chandev.8. Since you're in the > linux-2.4.7.SuSE directory, it's unlikely there's a linux-2.4.7 subdirectory > there. Specifying "-p1" will cause patch to discard the linux-2.4.7 part > and start looking in ./Documentation. > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lionel Dyck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 12:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Applying a Patch > > > I'm trying to apply a patch to the kernel and it isn't working. What am I > doing wrong? > > root@mlnxd008:/usr/src/linux-2.4.7.SuSE > patch -p0 > </tmp/linux-2.4.7-s390-3.diff > can't find file to patch at input line 4 > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? > The text leading up to this was: > -------------------------- > |diff -urN linux-2.4.7/Documentation/s390/chandev.8 > linux-2.4.7-s390/Documentati > on/s390/chandev.8 > |--- linux-2.4.7/Documentation/s390/chandev.8 Wed Nov 7 11:43:51 2001 > |+++ linux-2.4.7-s390/Documentation/s390/chandev.8 Wed Oct 17 > 14:44:39 2001 > > -------------------------- > File to patch: > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lionel B. Dyck, Systems Software Lead > Kaiser Permanente Information Technology > 25 N. Via Monte Ave > Walnut Creek, Ca 94598 > > Phone: (925) 926-5332 (tie line 8/473-5332) > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sametime: (use Lotus Notes address) > AIM: lbdyck
