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On Sun, 2003-03-09 17:11:21 -0500, joe briggs <jbriggs@briggsmedia.com>
wrote in message <200303091711.21652.jbriggs@briggsmedia.com>:
> My apologies for this question that is so basic to all of you, but can an=
y of=20
> you please point me toward a howto or instructions for exactly how to 'pa=
tch=20
> a kernel'? For example, at kernel.org, the latest stable kernel is 2.4.2=
0,=20
> and is actually a patch. I currently use 2.4.19 under Debian and routine=
ly=20
> rebuild & install it no problem. If I download a kernel 'patch', do I ap=
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> it to the entire directory, or the compiled kernel, etc.? Thanks so much.
tar xzf .../linux-2.4.19.tar.gz
-or-
tar xjf .../linux-2.4.19.tar.bz2
and then apply the patch:
cd linux-2.4.19
zcat .../patch-2.4.20.gz | patch -p1
-or-
bzcat .../patch-2.4.20.bz2 | patch -p1
MfG, JBG
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