> > On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Trevor Johnson wrote:
> > > [SNIPPED]
> > > >
> > > > Try just applying 2.1.26-patch3.gz, without the earlier two. They're all
> > > > diffs against the original stock Linux source.
> > > > ___
> > > > Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net>
> > > >
> > >
> > > Thanks, I'll try.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Dick Johnson
> >
> > I tried. I had to start from scratch twice. Once with a virgin linux tree,
> > twice after I attempted to apply the patch ;(. DEATH to the source-code
> > tree! It made messes of the ISDN and the sound stuff so 'make dep' failed.
> > Further, it again placed much of the stuff in the default directory.
> >
> > I am now going to set my default directory to someplace that patch can't
> > find the files to patch, then enter the name of the file(s) to patch when
> > it prompts, one at a time. Maybe that will do it ;)!
>
> Don't forget to use the -p0 option with the patch file. That option
> should fix the "files in the default directory" problem.
>
> Tom
>
Well... I "forgot", i.e., didn't know and screwed up everything again!
Fortunately its a FAST machine. It takes just a few minutes to delete
the tree and start again!
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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