Colin J Thomson wrote: >> I am trying to patch from 2.6.11.6 to 2.6.11.7 using the command: >> patch -E -p1 <patchfile in /usrsrc/linux-2.6. > > You have to back out the 2.6.11.6 patch first: > > cd into the source tree > patch -R -p1 </path/to/patch > > and then apply the 2.6.11.7 patch: > > patch -E -p1 </path/to/patch Thanks for that. But why have they started this new scheme? It just seems annoying to me. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
