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From: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
To: "L. A. Walsh" <lkml@tlinx.org>
Cc: Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: 2.6.release.patchlevel:  Patch against 2.6.release[.0] ?
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:03:21 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1112137401.27732.58.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4249DC03.4000806@tlinx.org>

On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 14:51 -0800, L. A. Walsh wrote:
> Given the frequency with which stabilization patches may be released, it
> may not be practical to expect users to catch each release announcement
> and download each patch.

I highly suggest using ketchup for your kernel patching needs:
http://www.selenic.com/ketchup/

Here, I have a plain 2.6.11 kernel that I upgrade to 2.6.11.4.  I then
want it to go right to 2.6.11.6.  

dave@kernel:~/temp/linux-2.6.11$ ketchup 2.6.11.4
2.6.11 -> 2.6.11.4
Applying patch-2.6.11.4.bz2
dave@kernel:~/temp/linux-2.6.11$ ketchup 2.6.11.6
2.6.11.4 -> 2.6.11.6
Applying patch-2.6.11.4.bz2 -R
Applying patch-2.6.11.6.bz2
dave@kernel:~/temp/linux-2.6.11$

BTW, it also keeps a cache of local patches, and downloads if needed.
So, you'll see the downloads the first time that you use it for any
given patch.

Does that help?

-- Dave


  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-03-29 23:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-03-29 22:51 RFC: 2.6.release.patchlevel: Patch against 2.6.release[.0] ? L. A. Walsh
2005-03-29 22:58 ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-03-29 23:03 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2005-03-29 23:04 ` Chris Wright
2005-03-31  2:20   ` L. A. Walsh

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