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slackware patch kernel

Ok, so I need to patch my 2.4.29 slackware kernel to 2.4.32. Ok so normally I'd think I could just get the kernel patches from kernel.org, but when ever I try

Code:

gzip2 -dc patch-2.4.xx | patch -p1 --dry-run

But it's saying it can't find the files to patch, and asks me for an alternate dir.

So is it because the slack kernel is funky? Or do I need special slack patches?

You need to get all the patches from 2.4.30 upto 2.4.32 and apply them all or better yet if you have broadband just download the full 2.4.32 source.

yeah I know I have to go one patch at a time starting at 2.4.30, but I'm getting that error. Do I need to rename my linux-2.4.29 folder?

yay it works thanks a lot. So what exactly is the deal with p0 and p1?

Quote:

man patch

Code:

      -pnum  or  --strip=num

          Strip  the  smallest  prefix  containing  num  leading

          slashes from each file name found in the patch file.  A

          sequence  of one or more adjacent slashes is counted as

          a single slash.  This controls how file names found  in

          the patch file are treated, in case you keep your files

          in a different directory than the person who  sent  out

          the patch.  For example, supposing the file name in the

          patch file was



            /u/howard/src/blurfl/blurfl.c



          setting -p0 gives the entire file name unmodified,  -p1

          gives



            u/howard/src/blurfl/blurfl.c



          without the leading slash, -p4 gives



            blurfl/blurfl.c



          and  not  specifying -p at all just gives you blurfl.c.

          Whatever you end up with is looked for  either  in  the

          current directory, or the directory specified by the -d

          option.

Bloody marvelous source of information, those man-pages.

Cheers,
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