Re: Question re the dot releases such as 2.6.12.3

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>]

On Monday 25 July 2005 12:38, Brian Gerst wrote:
>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.
>
Thats what I thought, and I blew that tree away & rebuilt it again 
using the same script, and it worked.  Go figure...

Thanks Brian.

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