Subject: How do I apply a kernel patch?
Date: Sat, May 29, 1999 at 01:35:17PM +0200
In reply to:Johann Spies at Johann
Quoting Johann Spies at Johann([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> According to the Kernel-HOWTO I should do the following:
>
> So, continuing with the example above, let's suppose that you have
> `patch46.gz' in /usr/src. cd to /usr/src and do a `zcat patch46.gz |
> patch -p0' (or `patch -p0 < patch46' if the patch isn't compressed).
> You'll see things whizz by (or flutter by, if your system is that
> slow) telling you that it is trying to apply hunks, and whether it
> succeeds or not.
>
> When I follow these instructions the following happens:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED](1)$ cat patch-2.2.7-ac4 | patch -p0
> 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 ../exclude
> linux.vanilla/Documentation/00-INDEX linux.ac/Documentation/00-INDEX
> |--- linux.vanilla/Documentation/00-INDEX Tue Feb 23 14:21:32 1999
> |+++ linux.ac/Documentation/00-INDEX Fri May 7 16:34:31 1999
> --------------------------
> File to patch: linux/*
> Skip this patch? [y]
> Skipping patch.
> 5 out of 5 hunks ignored
> can't find file to patch at input line 57
> Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
> The text leading up to this was:
> --------------------------
> |diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from ../exclude
> linux.vanilla/Documentation/ARM-README linux.ac/Documentation/ARM-README
> |--- linux.vanilla/Documentation/ARM-README Sun Nov 8 15:08:49 1998
> |+++ linux.ac/Documentation/ARM-README Fri May 7 16:34:44 1999
> --------------------------
> File to patch:
>
>
> I have read the man page for patch and it does not help me.
>
> Johann
>
>
VT1 root-Deb-Slink: pwd
/usr/src/linux
VT1 root-Deb-Slink: patch -p1 < /program/kernels/2.2/patch-2.2.9
Hope This Helps
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