2001-03-26 09:25:22

by Shmuel Hen

Subject: Q: How do I get from the latest stable kernel version to the late st prepatch version ?

Hi,

According to http://www.kernel.org, the latest stable kernel version is
2.4.2. The latest prepatch version is 2.4.3-pre3.

In order to get a full 2.4.3-pre8 kernel do I have to:

A. download linux-2.4.2.tar.gz and all the patch-2.4.3-preX.gz and apply
them in succession or,
B. download linux-2.4.3.tar.gz (exists ?) and then apply the all patches or,
C. download linux-2.4.3-pre7.tar.gz (exists ?) and apply only
patch-2.4.3-pre8.gz ?


Thanks,

Shmulik Hen
Software Engineer
Linux Advanced Networking Services
Network Communications Group, Israel (NCGj)
Intel Corporation Ltd.

2001-03-26 12:34:37

by Leonid Mamtchenkov

Subject: Re: Q: How do I get from the latest stable kernel version to the late st prepatch version ?

Hello Hen, Shmulik,

Once you wrote about "Q: How do I get from the latest stable kernel version to the late st prepatch version ?":
HS> According to http://www.kernel.org, the latest stable kernel version is
HS> 2.4.2. The latest prepatch version is 2.4.3-pre3.
HS>
HS> In order to get a full 2.4.3-pre8 kernel do I have to:
HS>
HS> A. download linux-2.4.2.tar.gz and all the patch-2.4.3-preX.gz and apply
HS> them in succession or,
HS> B. download linux-2.4.3.tar.gz (exists ?) and then apply the all patches or,
HS> C. download linux-2.4.3-pre7.tar.gz (exists ?) and apply only
HS> patch-2.4.3-pre8.gz ?

Download 2.4.2 and then apply 2.4.3-preX (latest) on it... that's it.
You might want to visit http://kernelnewbies.org . They have some good docs
there.

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Best regards,
Leonid Mamtchenkov
System Administrator

2001-03-26 14:31:40

by Jeff Garzik

Subject: Re: Q: How do I get from the latest stable kernel version to the latest prepatch version ?

"Hen, Shmulik" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> According to http://www.kernel.org, the latest stable kernel version is
> 2.4.2. The latest prepatch version is 2.4.3-pre3.
>
> In order to get a full 2.4.3-pre8 kernel do I have to:
>
> A. download linux-2.4.2.tar.gz and all the patch-2.4.3-preX.gz and apply
> them in succession or,
> B. download linux-2.4.3.tar.gz (exists ?) and then apply the all patches or,
> C. download linux-2.4.3-pre7.tar.gz (exists ?) and apply only
> patch-2.4.3-pre8.gz ?

Apply only the latest patch, currently 2.4.3-pre8.

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