Re: Q: Kernel patching

From: Paul G. Allen (pgallen@randomlogic.com)
Date: Thu Aug 09 2001 - 22:34:37 EST

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"Paul G. Allen" wrote:
>
> I've never applied a patch to a kernel before, so please bear with me.
>
> Applying patch-2.4.7-ac10 to kernel 2.4.7 I get many messages such as
> this:
>
> 1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file
> include/asm-um/segment.h.rej
> The next patch would create the file include/asm-um/semaphore.h,
> which already exists! Skipping patch.
>

OK, I got it to work. My mistake was trying to use patch-kernel instead
of just patch.

PGA

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Paul G. Allen
UNIX Admin II/Network Security
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
www.akamai.com
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