Re: [PATCH] runme patch for 2.5

[Martin Josefsson <gandalf@wlug.westbo.se>]

On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 23:15, William Stearns wrote:
> Good evening, Martin, Harald, all,
> 
> On 10 Oct 2002, Martin Josefsson wrote:
> 
> > Here's a small patch that will make patch-o-matic work with kernel 2.5
> > There's been some configurationchanges (Documentation/Configure.help
> > doesn't exist anymore)
> > 
> > This patch will make 'runme' incompatible with kernel 2.4 so use it only
> > with 2.5 kernels.
> 
> 	Many thanks, Martin, for the work.
> 	I've attached a patch, based on Martin's approach, that detects 
> whether Config.help or Configure.help is in use and automatically uses 
> what it finds.
> 	The second parameter to apply_config_help_change(s) has been 
> changed to the file to use rather than the directory in which Config*.help 
> lives.
> 	The patched runme successfully finds help files in 2.4.19 and 
> 2.5.42-ac1.  Please let me know if there are problems with it.

I think this looks ok but I havn't tested it yet. As long as p-o-m is
compatible with both 2.4 and 2.5 this would be a nice thing to include.
(and the same runme could be used for both 2.4 and 2.5 p-o-m when they
are split)

-- 
/Martin

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat
you with experience.