Re: pre-patch-2.0.32-6.gz and linux-2.0.32-pre5.tar.gz

Thomas Wouters (thomas@xs4all.nl)
Mon, 1 Dec 1997 15:11:45 +0100 (CET)


On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Carlos Carvalho wrote:

> What's the use of pre-patch-2.0.32-6.gz? I tried to apply it on top of
> linux-2.0.32-pre5.tar.gz and got LOTS of rejections due to the patches
> being already applied. There's no -pre6.tar.gz. So who do I get the
> latest version?

Don't take the pre- version, just take 2.0.32 itself (the 'final' version.)
As for the full tar.gz, it's unusual to have a full .tar.gz for a pre-patch.