> Greetings,
>
> I've just recently started using Linux and a recent thread on this
> mailing list focused on the problem of people downloading complete
> kernel sources instead of just the patches to upgrade from earlier
> versions of the kernel. I myself am guilty of this practice.
>
> However, in my defense, I have to point out a problem with the patches...
>
> THEY'RE NOT CORRECT
Oh yes they are :) you maybe need to update your patch utility. The
following was done with patch-2.5.3.
Script started on Wed Aug 12 08:04:18 1998
[root]:# grep 'SUBLEVEL =' Makefile
SUBLEVEL = 108
[root]:# patch -p1 < /usr/src/pat*/*2.1/*109 > /dev/null
[root]:# patch -p1 < /usr/src/pat*/*2.1/*110 > /dev/null
[root]:# patch -p1 < /usr/src/pat*/*2.1/*111 > /dev/null
[root]:# patch -p1 < /usr/src/pat*/*2.1/*112 > /dev/null
[root]:# patch -p1 < /usr/src/pat*/*2.1/*113 > /dev/null
[root]:# patch -p1 < /usr/src/pat*/*2.1/*114 > /dev/null
[root]:# patch -p1 < /usr/src/pat*/*2.1/*115 > /dev/null
[root]:# find . -name '*.rej'
[root]:# find . -name '*.orig'
[root]:# exit
exit
Script done on Wed Aug 12 08:07:36 1998
Cheers,
-Mike
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