--- Karol Pietrzak
On 23 Feb 2002, Calinoiu Alexandru Nicolae wrote:
--------------------------------- So, I downloaded the kernel patch 2.4.17 and install it (from super user ofcorse) with bzip2 -dc /usr/src/patch-2.4.17.bz2 | patch -p1 it printed something and then it finished.
--------------------------------- So my question is wath relly happend because iI don't see any rezults. could someoane tell me (I'm just curios).
Well, the patch files from a kernel mirror (e.g., linux/kernel/v2.4) are for patching the kernel source tree on your hard drive to the version specified in the main file. For example, I have linux-2.4.16.tar.bz2 and patch-2.4.17.bz2 on my hard drive.
Are you familiar with pipes? The patch (pure text) is piped to the patch utility, put it has to decompress it first. 'bzip2 - dc' decompresses to standard output, allowing patch to "catch it".
Unless the current directory was the source tree for Linux 2.4.16, the patch probably failed, as it had nothing to patch. It din't faild I am sure of it, but I was wandering were can I confirme theinstallation of the patch, were do I see the new version number.
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