Re: Question re the dot releases such as 2.6.12.3
From: Gene Heskett (gene.heskett_at_verizon.net)
Date: 07/27/05
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Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:25:02 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
On Tuesday 26 July 2005 21:50, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 21:28 -0400, Kurt Wall wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 12:38:43PM -0400, Brian Gerst took 21 lines
to write:
>> > Gene Heskett wrote:
>> > >Greetings;
>> > >
>> > >I just built what I thought was 2.6.12.3, but my script got a
>> > > tummy ache because I didn't check the Makefile's
>> > > EXTRA_VERSION, which was set to .2 in the .2 patch. Now my
>> > > 2.6.12 modules will need a refresh build. :(
>> > >
>> > >So whats the proper patching sequence to build a 2.6.12.3?
>> >
>> > The dot-release patches are not incremental. You apply each one
>> > to the base 2.6.12 tree.
>>
>> This bit me a while back, too. I'll submit a patch to the
>> top-level README to spell it out.
>
>Someone should also fix the home page of kernel.org. Since there's
> no link on that page that points to the full 2.6.12. Since a lot of
> the patches on that page go directly against the 2.6.12 kernel and
> not 2.6.12.3, it would be nice to get the full source of that
> kernel from the home page.
>
Apparently you are useing a browser to suck that stuff? Use gftp and
walk right up the dir structure to it. Its not hidden at all that
way.
-- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.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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