On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Rolf Eike Beer wrote: > Jesper Juhl wrote: > > >+Where can I download the patches? > > Maybe it would be useful to once again mention that local mirrors should be > used at least for stable releases and */testing/*. > > >+The 2.6.x kernels > [...] > >+# moving from 2.6.11 to 2.6.12 > >+$ cd ~/linux-2.6.11 # change to kernel source dir > >+$ patch -p1 < ../patch-2.6.12 # apply the 2.6.12 patch > > patch also nows "-i": patch -p1 -i ../patch-2.6.12 > > More likely the user will get the patch compressed either with bzip2 or gzip, > so I think it would be useful to tell once more how to apply such a patch: > > bzcat ../patch-2.6.12.bz2 | patch -p1 > > >+The 2.6.x.y kernels > > >+$ cd ~/linux-2.6.12.2 # change into the kernel source > >dir > >+$ patch -p1 -R < ../patch-2.6.12.2 # revert the 2.6.12.2 patch > >+$ patch -p1 < ../patch-2.6.12.3 # apply the new 2.6.12.3 patch > >+$ cd .. > >+$ mv linux-2.6.12.2 linux-2.6.12.3 # rename the kernel source dir > > The better way would probably be to use interdiff. Another goodie is that > interdiff knows about -z: > > cd ~/linux-2.6.12.2 > interdiff -z ../patch-2.6.12.2.bz2 ../patch-2.6.12.3.gz | patch -p1 > > This should only be shown as "another way" to do so. Sometimes interdiff get's > confused and breaks things, although this is very unlikely for the stable > diffs.
Another (better IMO) solution is to use 'ketchup'. It knows about all of these revisions/patches and how to download and apply them AFAIK. http://www.selenic.com/ketchup/ > >+The -mm kernels > > >+ These kernels in > >+ addition to all the other experimental patches they contain usually also > >+ contain any changes in the mainline -git kernels available at the time of > >+ release. > > These two "contain"'s that close to each user are likely to confuse. In a > German text I would but a comma before "in addition" and behind the first > "contain", don't know what the rules for this are in English. > > Eike -- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/