> 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.