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Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 22:25:22 +0100
From: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: patching the kernel
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On Sun, 2003-03-09 17:11:21 -0500, joe briggs <jbriggs@briggsmedia.com>
wrote in message <200303091711.21652.jbriggs@briggsmedia.com>:
> My apologies for this question that is so basic to all of you, but can an=
y of=20
> you please point me toward a howto or instructions for exactly how to 'pa=
tch=20
> a kernel'?  For example, at kernel.org, the latest stable kernel is 2.4.2=
0,=20
> and is actually a patch.  I currently use 2.4.19 under Debian and routine=
ly=20
> rebuild & install it no problem.  If I download a kernel 'patch', do I ap=
ply=20
> it to the entire directory, or the compiled kernel, etc.?  Thanks so much.

	tar xzf .../linux-2.4.19.tar.gz
		-or-
	tar xjf .../linux-2.4.19.tar.bz2

and then apply the patch:

	cd linux-2.4.19
	zcat .../patch-2.4.20.gz | patch -p1
		-or-
	bzcat .../patch-2.4.20.bz2 | patch -p1

MfG, JBG

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