I'm trying to apply the timer-patch on top of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 AS. I find the patch command is not applying the patches "perfectly". For example:
# cd /usr/src # ln -s linux-2.4 linux-2.4.21 # patch -p0 --dry-run < linux-2.4.21-s390-june2003.diff patching file linux-2.4.21/Documentation/Configure.help Hunk #1 succeeded at 6057 with fuzz 2 (offset 398 lines). Hunk #2 succeeded at 7310 with fuzz 2 (offset 77 lines). Hunk #3 succeeded at 24904 (offset 1049 lines). Hunk #4 succeeded at 23962 with fuzz 2 (offset 86 lines). Hunk #5 succeeded at 27712 with fuzz 2 (offset 1170 lines). patching file linux-2.4.21/Documentation/devices.txt Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] If I respond "no", this process continues with various hunks applied successfully and many "reversed" patches detected. I find it hard to believe that IBM reversed the patches. So what did I do wrong here? William P. Scully Senior Systems Programmer Computer Associates International, Inc 2291 Wood Oak Drive Unit 5-29C Herndon, Virginia 20171 Work: +1 703 708 3976 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
