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From: Rich Baum <richbaum@acm.org>
To: davidge@jazzfree.com, Linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: simple question about patches
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 12:41:26 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <01030312412600.02510@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0103031812550.1447-100000@roku.redroom.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0103031812550.1447-100000@roku.redroom.com>

On Saturday 03 March 2001 12:18 pm, davidge@jazzfree.com wrote:
> Hi, i've got a newbie question about patches:
> Are the pre* patches ( and i guess also the ac* ones) applied against the
> last release of the kernel or against the previous patch? I mean, when
> 2.4.3pre2 will come out, i need to get also the pre1 patch?
>
> thanks
>
>
> David Gómez
>
> "The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of
>  whether submarines can swim." -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
>
>

They're applied against the last release.  To remove the old patch run the 
same command you used to patch the kernel only add a -R after the patch 
command.

  reply	other threads:[~2001-03-03 17:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-03-03 17:18 simple question about patches davidge
2001-03-03 17:41 ` Rich Baum [this message]
2001-03-03 19:14 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-03-03 19:24   ` Alan Cox
2001-03-03 19:34     ` Alexander Viro
2001-03-03 20:20   ` David Weinehall

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