On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 04:57:29 -0400, dmx9595 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On October 12, 2004 03:03 am, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:55:42 -0400, ekco9595 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey, > > > how are you supposed to apply a kernel-patch-debian patch i take it you > > > just untar then goto kern source dirc and > > > do . ../kernel-patch-debian/all/2.6.8/apply/debian cause thats what I did > > > then the screen cleared and it logged me out and im kinda wondering what > > > it just did? I take it thats not normal for it to log you out? > > > ( and also there wasnt any doc i dont think that tells you what changes > > > the patch makes? is there one anywhere? ) thanks. > > > > If you're not using it yet i suggest you to try "kernel-package" to > > build your kernels, IIRC it has an option to automatically applying > > all Debian patch (this is the fast way =), or you can choose > > selectively what patch to apply on the command line. > > Ok thanks, btw so would I just issue make-kpkg > --added-patches /usr/src/kernel-patches alone BEFORE I edit the config, or do > I just add the patch in the line when im making the kernel with make-kpkg > --added-patches /usr/src/kernel-patches --append-to-version=blah kernel-image > just want to make sure, thanks. >
Mmh, it's something like that, if you still want to modify the config you should add something like --config=menuconfig on the same line and the patch will applied before launching menuconfig, but you better check the "kernel-package" documentation for the exact syntax as it was ages ago i used it. Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
