Re: [QUESTION]: Applying patches ontop of patches (2.4.1pre7 to2.4.1pre8)

[Shawn Starr <Shawn.Starr@Home.net>]

Thanks to everyone who replied :)

Sven Koch wrote:

> On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Shawn Starr wrote:
>
> > What is the best way to apply a patch on top of a patch already applied?
> >
> > For example, with original sources 2.4.0 i applied 2.4.1pre7 but now
> > that pre8 is out, how do i apply those new patches without having to
> > delete the whole linux dir and untar 2.4.0 again just to apply pre8?
>
> reverse the patch for 2.4.1pre7
>
> for example: cd /usr/src/linux ; zcat 2.4.1pre7.gz | patch -p1 -R
>
> after that apply pre8
>
> c'ya
> sven
>
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