2001-04-04 07:19:10

by Thomas Foerster

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Subject: 2.4.3 : Are all 2.4.2-acXX patches included?

Hi folks,

i wonder if every ac-XX patch from the 2.4.2 Kernel is included in the new
2.4.3 kernel so that every bug in 2.4.2 has been fixed in 2.4.3 ?

Thanx a lot,
Thomas


2001-04-04 07:58:46

by Steffen Moser

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Subject: Re: 2.4.3 : Are all 2.4.2-acXX patches included?

Hello Thomas,

Thomas Foerster wrote:

> i wonder if every ac-XX patch from the 2.4.2 Kernel is included in the new
> 2.4.3 kernel so that every bug in 2.4.2 has been fixed in 2.4.3 ?

No, I don't think so - they are different trees.

If you want Alan's latest patches against "2.4.3", you can download:


ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/2.4/patch-2.4.3-ac2.bz2

There was also a discussion about this topic some weeks ago - have a
look at:

http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2001week08/0717.html

> Thanx a lot,
> Thomas

HTH!

Best regards,
Steffen

2001-04-04 11:07:53

by Alan

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Subject: Re: 2.4.3 : Are all 2.4.2-acXX patches included?

> i wonder if every ac-XX patch from the 2.4.2 Kernel is included in the new
> 2.4.3 kernel so that every bug in 2.4.2 has been fixed in 2.4.3 ?

about 30% by volume of 2.4.2ac is in 2.4.3. 2.4.3ac1 will give you the
2.4.2ac tree versus 2.4.3 and its about an 8Mb diff. That represents a mix
of stuff Linus apparently didnt want yet (eg the fixes for file size limits)
stuff I don't think is ready and stuff that I didnt send because Linus said
2.4.3pre was already 'too big'

Alan