Re: [OT] Problems applying the patch
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From: Matteo M. <mat...@ti...> - 2001-02-02 10:05:53
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"Michael Spiceland (aka Mike Spice)" wrote: > I am using RedHat Linux 7.0 with a 2.2.16 kernel. > > following the instructions exactly, I have: > cd /usr/src/ > downloaded ieee1394-2.2.18-20001223 > ln -s linux-2.2.16/ linux-2.2 > zcat ieee1394-2.2.18-20001223 | patch -p1 > > It tells me: > [root@pancakes src]# zcat ieee1394-2.2.18-20001223 | patch -p1 > can't find file to patch at input line 4 > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? > Dang! :-) ...he's just told you what the problem is: wrong -p option. Either you go: [root@pancakes src]# zcat ../ieee1394-2.2.18-20001223 | patch -p1 from within /usr/src/linux or [root@pancakes src]# zcat ieee1394-2.2.18-20001223 | patch -p0 from /usr/src but after symlinking your linux source directory to linux-2.2.orig (see below why) too. Greetings , Matteo PS: Be sure to use a "vanilla" kernel source, not a distribution-customized one. > The text leading up to this was: > -------------------------- > |diff -ruN linux-2.2.orig/CREDITS linux-2.2/CREDITS > |--- linux-2.2.orig/CREDITS Sat Dec 23 03:54:34 2000 > |+++ linux-2.2/CREDITS Sat Dec 23 03:56:18 2000 > -------------------------- > See? The patch expects to be applied on a tree named "linux-2.2.orig", which isn't the usual name for a linux source directory. That's why everyone patches using the -p1 option from "one step forward" down the directory tree. > File to patch: > > What do I do? Here is what I have in my directory. > [root@pancakes src]# ls -l > total 108 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 mike mike 87909 Feb 1 17:31 ieee1394-2.2.18-20001223 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Sep 25 13:49 linux -> linux-2.2.16 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Feb 1 17:43 linux-2.2 -> linux-2.2.16/ > drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Jan 31 23:02 linux-2.2.16 > drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Jan 31 23:02 linux-2.2.16.old > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Sep 25 13:54 redhat > > -- > Thank you in advance, > Mike Spice (Michael Spiceland) - http://www.mikespice.com > KLUG President (Knoxville Linux User Group) - http://web.utk.edu/~klug > IgWig Solutions (owner) - http://www.mikespice.com/igwig/ > > _______________________________________________ > mailing list Lin...@li... > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux1394-user |