Messages in this thread | | | From | "Matthew D. Pitts" <> | Subject | Re: Layout/Setup of Kernel | Date | Sat, 1 Aug 1998 09:28:02 -0400 |
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Mike,
> On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, len weiss wrote: > > > Hendrik--I agree with you. At least in my case I do > > not choose to download every change but, monitor the > > list to get a feel for the problems as they develop. > > So I may choose to miss a few versions until things > > settle down. Then I'm faced with downloading a 10M > > file. Getting all the patches and trying to piece > > it together is an iffy job at best. > > Cdroms are not up to date and get to be expensive. There should be a way to split up the > > kernel to contain the intel version, the m68k version > > etc. Caldera does just that with OpenLinux, but it makes applying patches a bitch. > > Getting all the patches and trying to piece it together is an > *EASY* job at *WORST*. > > Assuming you have a kernel, lets say 2.1.98 for example. Lets > say you've downloaded all patches to get to 2.1.112 or whatever > is current. You just do the following: > > > 1) Put all the patches into ANY DIRECTORY on your hard disk > 2) Untar the kernel source (2.1.98) into the standard place > 3) cd into the directory where the patches reside (wherever it is) > 4) type "/usr/src/linux/scripts/patch-kernel" > 5) Go get a coffee. Just the point I was going to make. I just added patch-kernel to ELKS so they could do the same.
> > Then if you want to create a new full kernel tarball to retain > the new tree as it's current carnation, do the following: > > 1) cd /usr/src/linux > 2) make distclean > 3) cd .. > 4) tar -zcvf linux-2.1.112.tar.gz linux/ > 5) Go get another coffee. > > That is it. > > Simple, no "iffyness" involved. Patching is very easy. I hope > that Linus eventually responds to these threads by NOT releasing > full tarballs anymore, and forcing people to use patches instead. I'm sure he will. Of course, one tarball for 2.2 would be a nice start.
Matthew D. Pitts mpitts@suite224.net
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