Subject: Re: To Patch, or Not To Patch (A Kernel)
Date: Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 06:05:54AM -0500
In reply to:Jim Foltz
Quoting Jim Foltz([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> 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
OH? I wonder if you could mention what _tweaks_ are required for
debian? I have been just getting the kernel from kernel.org and
making my own. I was under the impression that the kernels were
just Linux, not debian-Linux.
Oh, do you mean tweaks to just package it? That I understand but not
really tweaks to the kernel, right?
> 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
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