---------- >From: Philip S Tellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sometime on Feb 23, Mayuresh Kathe assembled some asciibets to say: >> >> download all the *patches* above 2.4.7 upto 2.4.17, put them all in the >> scripts directory within your linux source, and just run 'patch-kernel' >> (remember to put all the patches in .gz format, .bz2 would bust up the > > then why use the patch-kernel script? does one really require a script > to do this: > > bzcat patchname | patch -p0 That's because you write without thinking out the whole problem. If you observe, there are 10 patches which need to be applied (there is no straight jump, you have to go progressively). So in that case, instead of typing out 'bzcat patchname | patch -p0' ten times, it would be easier to run a script which does everything for you. Again, that's what I think, dunno, probably what you call dumbing down of Unix, I view as simplifying it... Probably you could write a anti-dummies book which teaches users how to do a 'tput clear' than a simple 'clear'... I guess, this 'dumbing down of unix syndrome' is an after effect of loss of power/godly status. ~Mayuresh _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
