slackware patch kernel

james penguin · 12-02-2005, 06:23 PM

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?

Boow · 12-02-2005, 06:50 PM

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.

james penguin · 12-02-2005, 07:20 PM

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?

AxeZ · 12-02-2005, 07:38 PM

Try patch -p0

james penguin · 12-02-2005, 08:42 PM

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

Tinkster · 12-02-2005, 08:45 PM

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,
Tink