On Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 05:04:00AM +0000, Mark Wagnon wrote: > I'm currently running kernel 2.0.36 on a hamm system. I've heard a lot > of good things about 2.2.1, so I thought I'd give it a go. I'm currently > downloading linux-2.2.1, but the directory also contains linux-2.2.0 and > a patch-2.2.1 file. I was reading through the kernel-howto, and the > first paragraph mentions that patches are incremental upgrades to the > kernel. My question is then, if I ftp linux-2.2.1, then there is no need > to get the patch, right? It's for those who have the linux-2.2.0 > revision and wish to upgrade to 2.2.1 without the need for another > thirteen-meg file transfer. Am I reading this right?
Yes, patch files are created with the diff utility. diff outputs the difference between 2 source files, or can even handle 2 source directory trees. But Debian kernel-source packages are tweaked for Debian. This means that since it is not THE Linux kernel source, it probably won't be successful in using the patch-*.gz files. The package called kernel-package will help you create .debs out of the kernel sources. You don't need it, though. > > TIA > -- > __ _ > Mark Wagnon -o) / / (_)__ __ ____ __ > Chula Vista, CA /\\/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _\_v____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ACORN techie <http://www.acorn.net> AOL/IM jim_foltz
