[101453] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Trouble with Patch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\))
Thu Nov 26 10:50:52 1998
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 15:51:59 +0000
From: "Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)" <argathin@iname.com>
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In-Reply-To: <217E99C3DE7AD2119F9A0000E8DC3591161C@SU-LOCCO>; from Warren J. Beckett on Thu, Nov 26, 1998 at 11:24:28PM +1100
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Warren J. Beckett writes:
>
> I am a newbie and am having trouble with the patch command. I'm trying
> to patch my kernel (2.0.36) 5.2 with a ipchains patch and nothing
> happens. If I enter for example gunzip patch-ipchaines.blah | patch p0
> it return to a prompt straight away, no error, no information, no
> nothing.
[...]
Ok, here's what I usually do:
1) I unpack the program I want to patch and install. In most cases, this is
a tarball, so I untar (gunzip, if necessary) it and usually end up with a
subdirectory containing all sources.
2) I copy the patch file into that directory.
3) if necessary, I gunzip that file (if the patch file ends in ".gz", that
is)
4) I use "patch -p1 < patchfile" to patch.
I have never patched the kernel (so far...), so I can't help you with your
particular case, but maybe the generic steps are already of some help.
Regards,
Thomas
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