Mr G C Newson wrote:
How does one use the patches, updates and bugfixes section of the suse website. I have no idea about ftp-ing or the likes and I don't know what to do once I have the download.
Could someone please fill me in on these basics.
Thanks,
PATCHES: patches are usually applied with a patch -p0 <patchfile or patch -p1 <patchfile It all depends on where you apply the patch in the directory tree. If you are at the "right point" in the tree and apply the patch, all will go well, and the patch will automatically apply itself, with messages wizzing by. If you are at the wrong point in the tree, or if the patch has been designed for a slightly different file, you will be prompted for each file to patch. This is a sure tip-off, that you are at the wrong point in the directory to apply the patch, or the patch is slightly out of date. You can see the file that is being patched by viewing the "diff" lines of the patchfile. The biggest confusion seems to come when patches are designed for /usr/src/linux and your source is in /usr/src/linux-2.035 or something similar. That is when it is handy to use the -p1 switch which strips the first part of the directory tree. It's all in man patch. RPM's: Download the rpm, then if you are upgrading something you already have, type rpm -U mynew.rpm If it is installing something for the first time, type rpm -i mynew.rpm Netscape is the easiest way to download from web sites or ftp sites. Just type the ftp site in, find your file, and "right click" on the file. Then choose the option "save link as", and it will save it. This avoids some complications, where some files will try to display themselves in netscape, instead of saving them. Of course, that can be fixed by editing the preferences in netscape to save those file types to disk. - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e