On Sunday 10 Apr 2005 12:53, Timothy Murphy wrote: > 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. I guess you mean the new Kernel release numbering? you can read about it here: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/282998 Be warned its a rather long but interesting thread :) Cheers Colin -- Fedora Core 2, Custom Built Kernel 2.6.11-ck4 KDE-Redhat-3.4.0-1.4.2.kde Registered Linux user number #342953
