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RE: Trouble with Patch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Warren J. Beckett)
Fri Nov 27 04:01:24 1998
From: "Warren J. Beckett" <Magistrate@NOWIS.TZO.COM>
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Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:52:34 +1100
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Thanks for the advice.. Worked like a charm :)
Warren
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Ribbrock (Design/DEG) [SMTP:argathin@iname.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 27, 1998 2:52 AM
> To: 'redhat-list@redhat.com'
> Subject: Re: Trouble with Patch
>
> 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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