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From: Rich Baum <richbaum@acm.org>
To: davidge@jazzfree.com, Linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: simple question about patches
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 12:41:26 -0500
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On Saturday 03 March 2001 12:18 pm, davidge@jazzfree.com wrote:
> Hi, i've got a newbie question about patches:
> Are the pre* patches ( and i guess also the ac* ones) applied against the
> last release of the kernel or against the previous patch? I mean, when
> 2.4.3pre2 will come out, i need to get also the pre1 patch?
>
> thanks
>
>
> David G?mez
>
> "The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of
>  whether submarines can swim." -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
>
>

They're applied against the last release.  To remove the old patch run the 
same command you used to patch the kernel only add a -R after the patch 
command.
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