Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 00:51:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca>
To: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] kpatchup 0.02 kernel patching script
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On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Matt Mackall wrote:

> This is the first release of kpatchup, a script for managing switching
> between kernel releases via patches with some smarts:
>
>  - understands -pre and -rc version numbering
>  - aware of various external trees
>  - automatically patch between any tree in an x.y release
>  - automatically download and cache patches on demand
>  - automatically determine the latest patch in various series
>  - optionally print version strings or URLs for patches
>
> Currently it knows about 2.4, 2.4-pre, 2.6, 2.6-pre, 2.6-bk, 2.6-mm,
> and 2.6-tiny.

Oh i definitely owe you one now, this is replacing the ugly shell script i
had before, i'm mostly using this now to download and patch up trees
before cvs import'ing them.

Thanks!

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