On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 01:34:52AM +0100, Frankie wrote > Incidentally, on the subject of kernel 2.2.10 and make-kpkg, has anyone had a > compile > problem just after patching to 2.2.10? > Normally when I install a patch, I use a modified version of the patch-kernel > script, > and then I run make-kpkg kernel_image. > However, when I upgraded from 2.2.9 to 2.2.10, the compile stopped near the > end with an > error which I can't remember, and to get it to compile I discovered I had to > make-kpkg > clean, before runnning make-kpkg kernel-image. > > Is this just some freak error on my system? or has the makefile failed to > notice that > its a later version of the kernel? or does make-kpkg not handle running make > clean etc > if necessary? >
I patched (what I thought were) clean 2.2.9 sources, and got a whole bunch of 'reversed/already applied' hunks and rejected patches. So, I downloaded linux-2.2.10.tar.gz and everything worked. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
