From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:17:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:17:14 -0500 Received: from femail2.rdc1.on.home.com ([24.2.9.89]:1188 "EHLO femail2.rdc1.on.home.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:16:59 -0500 Message-ID: <3A660BAF.3926D757@Home.net> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:16:32 -0500 From: Shawn Starr Organization: Visualnet X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.0 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [QUESTION]: Applying patches ontop of patches (2.4.1pre7 to2.4.1pre8) In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)@pop.zip.com.au Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 > > -- > > The Internet treats censorship as a routing problem, and routes around it. > (John Gilmore on http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu/) > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/