From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756627AbbCCOZx (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Mar 2015 09:25:53 -0500 Received: from m50-132.163.com ([123.125.50.132]:43036 "EHLO m50-132.163.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755528AbbCCOZt (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Mar 2015 09:25:49 -0500 From: Yaowei Bai To: corbet@lwn.net, trivial@kernel.org Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 2/2] README: Change gzip/bzip2 to xz compression format Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 22:08:03 +0800 Message-Id: <1425391683-3550-2-git-send-email-bywxiaobai@163.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 In-Reply-To: <1425391683-3550-1-git-send-email-bywxiaobai@163.com> References: <1425391683-3550-1-git-send-email-bywxiaobai@163.com> X-CM-TRANSID: DNGowECpLES+wPVUkM+xAA--.397S4 X-Coremail-Antispam: 1Uf129KBjvJXoW7Zw1xGw48KF4rCr1UXw15twb_yoW8Xr1rpF Z3Wry3Gr4kXr1UGwn3ur47Cr1xuan7Jr98Xry7C3s3tFyYkrn3Xr92g3yIvFy3CrZa9r4S vrZ8Zr98JF9rXaDanT9S1TB71UUUUUUqnTZGkaVYY2UrUUUUjbIjqfuFe4nvWSU5nxnvy2 9KBjDUYxBIdaVFxhVjvjDU0xZFpf9x07jICJPUUUUU= X-Originating-IP: [114.216.25.106] X-CM-SenderInfo: xe1z5x5dretxi6rwjhhfrp/xtbBFAGxT1D+WRFNQgABsD Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Kernel.org is only hosting patches and kernel compressed with xz, so change the old gzip/bzip2 instances to xz. Signed-off-by: Yaowei Bai --- README | 18 +++++------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 67fc7a8..69c68fb 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -62,11 +62,7 @@ INSTALLING the kernel source: directory where you have permissions (eg. your home directory) and unpack it: - gzip -cd linux-4.X.tar.gz | tar xvf - - - or - - bzip2 -dc linux-4.X.tar.bz2 | tar xvf - + xz -cd linux-4.X.tar.xz | tar xvf - Replace "X" with the version number of the latest kernel. @@ -76,15 +72,11 @@ INSTALLING the kernel source: whatever the kernel-du-jour happens to be. - You can also upgrade between 4.x releases by patching. Patches are - distributed in the traditional gzip and the newer bzip2 format. To - install by patching, get all the newer patch files, enter the - top level directory of the kernel source (linux-4.X) and execute: - - gzip -cd ../patch-4.x.gz | patch -p1 - - or + distributed in the xz format. To install by patching, get all the + newer patch files, enter the top level directory of the kernel source + (linux-4.X) and execute: - bzip2 -dc ../patch-4.x.bz2 | patch -p1 + xz -cd ../patch-4.x.xz | patch -p1 Replace "x" for all versions bigger than the version "X" of your current source tree, _in_order_, and you should be ok. You may want to remove -- 1.9.1