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Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 18:08:03 +0100
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
To: Rus Foster <rghf@fsck.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: Patching 2.5.xx
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On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 05:03:30PM +0000, Rus Foster wrote:

> Hi All,

Hi Rus,

> I've decided to start trying out the 2.5 kernels and I've got the 2.5.47
> tarball and the 2.5.48 patch. However looking at the diff file its trying
> to create an a and b directory. Is there a special significance for this
> and how do I go about applying the patch?

  cd linux-2.5.47
  zcat ../patch-2.5.48.gz | patch -p1

> Rgds
> 
> Rus Foster

cu
Adrian

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