From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 12 May 2002 07:51:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 12 May 2002 07:51:19 -0400 Received: from mail.ocs.com.au ([203.34.97.2]:59916 "HELO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 12 May 2002 07:51:18 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 From: Keith Owens To: Hugh Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] 2.4.19-pre8-ac2 kbuild 2.4 tmp_include_depends In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 12 May 2002 20:31:17 +0900." <3CDE5285.8030205@nospam.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 21:50:26 +1000 Message-ID: <22738.1021204226@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 12 May 2002 20:31:17 +0900, Hugh wrote: >I am definitely a newbie as far as patch file handling is concerned. > >I took the patch portion starting from > >diff -ur 2.4.19-pre8-ac2/Makefile 2.4.19-pre8-ac2-test/Makefile > >and ending with > >MODVERFILE := $(TOPDIR)/include/linux/modversions.h > >which is the last line, >and made it a file named Keith.patch. Then, I went to /usr/src/linux >and issued > >patch -p1 < Keith.patch > >Well.... That did not work. WHat did I do wrong? Download message in raw format, save as text not source and patch direct from the downloaded file, no need to edit it. If patches are too difficult, just use unpatched 2.4.19-pre8-ac2 with 'make clean dep' instead of 'make dep clean'.