On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 01:47:13AM -0700, eric lin wrote: > I download as enduser for example to /home/fsshl > linux-2.5.50.tar.gz > then I tar xfvz linux-2.5.50.tar.gz > it generate a directory linux-2.5.50 in my /home/fsshl > then I follow README in linux-2.5.50 to do unpatch the another > downloaded patch-2.5.50-ac1.gz from kernel.org > > www:/home/fsshl# gzip -cd patch-2.5.50-ac1.gz | patch -p1 > can't find file to patch at input line 4 > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? > The text leading up to this was: > -------------------------- > |diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude > linux.50/arch/alpha/defconfig linux.50-ac1/arch/alpha/defconfig > |--- linux.50/arch/alpha/defconfig 2002-11-25 15:11:47.000000000 +0000 > |+++ linux.50-ac1/arch/alpha/defconfig 2002-12-03 20:54:30.000000000 +0000 > -------------------------- > File to patch: > > so the name of directory containing my kernel source should be /home/fsshl > > in the promt of File to patch: > I tried both patch-2.5.50-ac1.gz and linux-2.5.50.tar.gz all not work
Try this: cd /home/fsshl rm -rf linux-2.5.50 tar xzf linux-2.5.50.tar.gz mv linux-2.5.50 linux.50 cp -r linux.50 linux.50-ac1 gunzip patch-2.5.50-ac1.gz | patch -p0 Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]