Re: paching 2.5.4 to -pre6???

[Michael Cohen]

On Mon, 2002-02-11 at 06:28, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
> hi all
> 
> Is there something wrong with the -pre6 patch?
> 
> I'm trying to patch up the 2.5.4...
> 
> # tar xzf ../packed/k/linux-2.5.4.tar.gz
> # cd linux-2.4.5
> # zcat ../../packed/k/patch-2.5.4-pre6.gz | patch -p1
pre6 is already included in 2.5.4.
The next patch that applies to 2.5.4 will be 2.5.5-pre1.

> patching file CREDITS
> Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected!  Assume -R? [n]
> and so on... patch -p1 -R gives me some hunks, but generally works ...
Yes, because you're backing out 2.5.4-pre6's changes. not a good idea.
Just leave the 2.5.4 tarball alone for now.