[...] And go make a pot of tea while the compiler churns away and drink it,
or read your backlog of kernel list email or pet your cat. [...]
----- OR ------
# cd /home/ftp/pub/linux/kernel
# ncftp ftp://imcom.com:/pub/linux/kernel/getlatestpatch.sh .
# chmod 700 getlatestpatch.sh
# ln -s getlatestpatch.sh /usr/local/sbin/LkernelPatch
# echo '#!/bin/bash' >> /usr/local/sbin/makekernel
# echo 'cd /usr/src/linux; make menuconfig ; make clean && make dep && make
modules && make modules_install && make zlilo
' > /usr/local/sbin/makekernel
# chmod 700 /usr/local/sbin/makekernel
# crontab -e
# # add --> 08 5,17 * * * /usr/local/sbin/LkernelPatch &> /dev/null
<-- to the crontab
# #
# # LkernelPatch will check every morning and afternoon and if it finds a
new patch, it'll get the patch and install it for you.
# # LkernelPatch is configurable (It's a bash script)
# # in fact you probably want to change the patch file locations and maybe
the email address
========= THEN =========
# # when you read your email you'll see if you have gotten a new kernel
or not and then you can run:
# makekernel
and alway's have the latest source (I'm running kernel 2.0.0)! I have a
2.0.18 (current at this time) vmlinuz ready to for booting
and I'll boot to it when I think the kernel is stable enough (I'm running
2.0.18 on 2 other machines for testing)
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> From: Squiz <squiz@intonet.co.uk>
> To: Stergiou Dimitris <hermes@eexi.gr>
> On Wed, 4 Sep 1996, Stergiou Dimitris wrote:
>
> > hi fellows linuxers,
> > i have the following question. lets say i download the kernel
> > 2.0.4 in its "full" source (talkin about 5.9 MB). lets say i install
the
>
> Then it would be a bit silly, since you can download the full source to
> 2.0.17....
>
> > kernel. now the question. if i decide to go to kernel 2.0.10 lets say
but
> > not downloading it completely but going through patches what is the
> > correct way to do it?
>
> You'd download all the patches between 2.0.5 to 2.0.10 and then something
> like this...
>
> cd /usr/src
> patch <patch-2.0.5
> patch <patch-2.0.6
> [..etc..]
> patch <patch-2.0.10
> cd linux
> make dep; make clean; make zlilo; make modules; make modules_install
>
>
> Squiz.