Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 May 1998 03:13:30 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: Why from there? |
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On Wed, 13 May 1998, Alex Buell wrote:
> > I'd second that, apart from a little question: if I apply patch-2.1.102 > > to linux-2.1.101, is there a way to change the directory name to > > linux-2.1.102? If not, I can see why it is named 'linux'. > > Use the -d option of patch. This tells the patch program to trundle off > and patch the files in that given directory. > > i.e zcat patch-2.1.202 | patch -p1 -d linux-2.101 > > Neat isn't it. I discovered this trick only after re-reading patch > documentations after trashing a kernel tree, thanks to some idiot who > didn't get the linux-versioning right.
I just point the symlink to the proper dir...
linux -> linux-2.0.33
Patch works fine with the symlink... Then I mv linux-2.0.33 to linux 2.0.34 and retar the dir, and fix the symlink.
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