The only advantage is that you download only the differences from the
previous version of the software.
The disadvantage is that if you have screwed your sources then it won't
work at all.
Another disadvantage is that if you want to upgrade to three version
after, then you have to patch your sources IN THE RIGHT ORDER with the
three patchs that you download.
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De: Taylor, Scott J [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Date: mercredi 9 septembre 1998 16:20
�: 'Martin Roberts'; Linux Newbie mailing list (E-mail)
Objet: RE: patching kernel
This brings up a question of my own.
What are the benefits to patching from 2.0.3x to 2.0.3x+x vice
downloading the source and making a completely new 2.0.35 kernel? I am
considering upgrading from 2.0.34 to 2.0.35 (mainly just for the
experience) on Slackware 3.5 and I was just going to get the source and
do it the old fashioned way.
Thanks,
Scott
I have RH5.0 with the standard kernel (2.0.32) and I feel confident
enough to patch it up to "35" so I can get FAT32 support (I know 34 will
give me this, but since I have to apply 33 and 34 anyway I may as well
do 35 while I'm at it).
I downloaded the patches (patch-2.0.33.gz etc) and copied them to my
/usr/src/ directory as guided by the howto. I su'ed to root and issued
the command "xcat patch-2.0.33.gz | patch -p0", again as guided by the
howto (note: I am not at my Linux box at the moment so all this is from
memory so please don't flame me for not memorising the commands
exactly). Anyway, I got an error message and the patch wasn't applied.
I'm concerned that I'm working from the wrong directory so I'll check
this first. So my questions are:-
What directory should I copy the patch files to? Currently they're in
/usr/src/.
What directory do I need to be in to issue the commands? I followed the
howto and I'm in /usr/src/, but the wording wasn't perfectly clear to
me.
Many thanks,
Martin
