Re: Possible README patch

Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Sat, 5 May 2001 10:21:33 +0100

On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 10:04:01AM -0400, Duncan Gauld wrote:
> Information in the README file says that when patching, the -p0 option is
> used with patch (eg tar xvzf <patch>.tar.gz | patch -p0).

You probably have done:

gzip -dc linux-2.4.XX.tar.gz | tar zvf -
cd linux
gzip -dc patchXX.gz | patch -p0

which will fail since the patch file specifies all files with a path
starting with 'linux/'. However, the instructions in the README are
for the following situation:

gzip -dc linux-2.4.XX.tar.gz | tar zvf -
gzip -dc patchXX.gz | patch -p0

which may work, but note that patch can be a little tempremental about
the filenames it chooses from the patch file. The absolute safest way
to apply a patch is:

gzip -dc linux-2.4.XX.tar.gz | tar zvf -
cd linux
gzip -dc patchXX.gz | patch -p1

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Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html


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