Messages in this thread | | | From | David Abrahams <> | Subject | Re: prepatching errors | Date | Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:26:02 -0400 |
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David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> writes:
> Chase Venters <chase.venters@clientec.com> writes: > >> On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, David Abrahams wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to apply the 2.6.18-rc6 prepatch (from >>> http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/patch-2.6.18-rc6.bz2) >>> to the 2.6.17.11 sources (from >>> http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.17.11.tar.bz2) using >> >> David, >> The -rc series patches should be applied to the last mainline (not >> -stable) release. In your case, you want to patch 2.6.17. > > Oooooh!
BTW, it might be a good idea to put a link to the latest mainline sources right on the front page of kernel.org where I found the prepatch. Along with note in the prepatch row saying "apply to 2.6.17 sources," that would have saved y'all having to answer my dumb query.
Thanks again, -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com
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