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Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:26:02 -0400 From: David Abrahams <dave@...st-consulting.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: prepatching errors David Abrahams <dave@...st-consulting.com> writes: > Chase Venters <chase.venters@...entec.com> writes: > >> On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, David Abrahams wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to apply the 2.6.18-rc6 prepatch (from >>> http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/patch-2.6.18-rc6.bz2) >>> to the 2.6.17.11 sources (from >>> http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.17.11.tar.bz2) using >> >> David, >> The -rc series patches should be applied to the last mainline (not >> -stable) release. In your case, you want to patch 2.6.17. > > Oooooh! BTW, it might be a good idea to put a link to the latest mainline sources right on the front page of kernel.org where I found the prepatch. Along with note in the prepatch row saying "apply to 2.6.17 sources," that would have saved y'all having to answer my dumb query. Thanks again, -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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