Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Aug 1998 14:16:22 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: Patches vs complete tarballs.... |
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On 13 Aug 1998 ketil@ii.uib.no wrote:
> > Yes they are (mostly). I've successfully patched from version 1.1.0 up to > > version 2.1.115, with only the occasional tarball to check. I've just > > verified my source with 2.1.115.tar.gz (previous downloaded tarball was > > 2.0.0, I think) > > I haven't heard anybody else complain about this, but I managed to mess > up patching, and downloaded 2.1.115.tar.gz from ftp.funet.fi. I had to > manually make the two "modules" directories, as well as copy in > "autoconf.h" from a previous build (kernel patched up to 2.1.107, I > think) After that, building worked perfectly, and I'm using the kernel > as we type. > > Of course, could be that I did something wrong during unpacking, but I > can't for the life of me imagine what that might be? Anyway, not a > problem for me, but I thought you'd might like to know.
RTFM /usr/src/linux/README
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