Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:27:45 +0300 | From | Muli Ben-Yehuda <> | Subject | Re: structure of ftp.kernel.org, patch dirs |
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On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 01:10:29PM -0400, Russ Fink wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a linux vet, but am relatively new to kernel compiling. I'm trying to > trace a nasty bug, and I wish to build incremental kernels of the 2.2 tree. > I'm looking at ftp.kernel.org in the v2.2/testing directory, and have a > question about the directory setup. > > Can someone tell me, what is the difference between patches in the "incr" > directory and patches in the "old" directory? > > In pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/testing/incr/ I see files such as: > patch-2.2.19-pre1-pre2.gz
That would be the patch that is the diff between 2.2.19-pre1 and 2.2.19-pre2. If you already have a tree with 2.2.19-pre1, you could apply this patch and get a tree which is 2.2.19-pre2.
> whereas in pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/testing/old/ I see: > patch-2.2.19-pre2.gz
That would be a patch between 2.2.19 and 2.2.19-pre2. If you had a pristine tree with 2.2.19, you would apply this one and get a tree with 2.2.19-pre2.
> My objective is to start with the latest 2.2.17 sources and patch it up to > specific levels, e.g., 2.2.18-pre3. Do I use patches in "incr", or patches > in "old"?
If you want to go 17->18-prex directly, use the specific patch in 'old'. If you want to go through each pre in order, use those in 'incr'.
> I'm guessing that "old" patches will take me from 2.2.17 to version > 2.2.18-pre-"N" without needing to go through the previous N-1 patches first, > but that patches in "incr" will only take me from one patch level to the > next higher level (from 1 to 2, etc). They appear to be smaller patch > files. Is this right?
Sounds so. -- The ill-formed Orange Fails to satisfy the eye: http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~mulix/ Segmentation fault. http://syscalltrack.sf.net/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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