Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 19 Jan 1997 07:57:42 -0500 (EST) | From | "Steven N. Hirsch" <> | Subject | Re: modutils970116/routing |
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On Sun, 19 Jan 1997, Gerd Knorr wrote:
> In linux.dev.kernel you write: > > > > >On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Michael Driscoll wrote: > > >Ah... OK, I really hate to apply "non-official" patches to my kernel. > >I always end up downloading the WHOLE thing afresh. I'll wait for > >2.1.22 then :) > > patch has a nice "-R" switch. So you can easily reverse the > "non-official" patch before applying 2.1.22 :-)
Be that as it may, patch (at least the version I have) fails when a "-R" reversal tries to resurrect a no-longer-existing file. I end up with the entire file in a ".rej", and have to hand-edit to get the +'s out of it :-(.
Steve
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