[101467] in RedHat Linux List
RE: Trouble with Patch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lloyd Sumpter)
Thu Nov 26 14:14:57 1998
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Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 11:10:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Lloyd Sumpter <Lloyd.Sumpter@BCHydro.bc.ca>
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You're a "newbie" and you're trying to patch the kernel? You're a braver man
than I am! May I suggest you start by just downloading a new kernel tarball
instead of patching?
On 26-Nov-98 Warren J. Beckett wrote:
> Salutations to all
>
> Hi.
>
> 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.
>
> If I enter just patch, again nothing *appears* to happen, but this time
> I don't even get a prompt again, until I press ctrl-c.
> What am I doing wrong? I have read the "man patch" and have followed the
> instructions, also variations that I have found of the web yet nothing
> appears to happen.
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated.
>
> Warren.
>
>
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