structure of ftp.kernel.org, patch dirs

Russ Fink (russfink@hotmail.com)
Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:10:29 -0400


Hello,

I'm a linux vet, but am relatively new to kernel compiling. I'm trying to
trace a nasty bug, and I wish to build incremental kernels of the 2.2 tree.
I'm looking at ftp.kernel.org in the v2.2/testing directory, and have a
question about the directory setup.

Can someone tell me, what is the difference between patches in the "incr"
directory and patches in the "old" directory?

In pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/testing/incr/ I see files such as:
patch-2.2.19-pre1-pre2.gz

whereas in pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/testing/old/ I see:
patch-2.2.19-pre2.gz

My objective is to start with the latest 2.2.17 sources and patch it up to
specific levels, e.g., 2.2.18-pre3. Do I use patches in "incr", or patches
in "old"?

I'm guessing that "old" patches will take me from 2.2.17 to version
2.2.18-pre-"N" without needing to go through the previous N-1 patches first,
but that patches in "incr" will only take me from one patch level to the
next higher level (from 1 to 2, etc). They appear to be smaller patch
files. Is this right?

Thanks for your time,
Russ Fink

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