Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269240AbUI3UgT (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:36:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269494AbUI3UfQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:35:16 -0400 Received: from out014pub.verizon.net ([206.46.170.46]:37016 "EHLO out014.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269474AbUI3UcT (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:32:19 -0400 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: gene.heskett@verizon.net Organization: Organization: None, detectable by casual observers To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc3 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:32:17 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 Cc: Bill Davidsen References: <200409300102.07373.gene.heskett@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409301632.17792.gene.heskett@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out014.verizon.net from [151.205.8.60] at Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:32:18 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1661 Lines: 43 On Thursday 30 September 2004 14:58, Bill Davidsen wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Thursday 30 September 2004 00:53, Markus T. wrote: >>># bzcat patch-2.6.9-rc3.bz2 | patch -p1 >>>... >>>patching file fs/nfs/file.c >>>Hunk #2 FAILED at 74. >>>Hunk #3 FAILED at 91. >>>2 out of 11 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file >>> fs/nfs/file.c.rej ... >>> >>>___ >>>Markus >> >> And thats one of the reasons I never dl the bz2 version. >> >> You should have started with a fresh unpack of 2.6.8, not 2.6.8.1 >> I just checked my scrollback and there is no such error here. > >Are you saying that he patched against the wrong kernel source > because he pulled the bz2 patch? How do you make that leap? The gz > patch does the same thing against the wrong source. True, but my recommendation to use the .gz version is based on some pretty frustrating experiences encountered when using the .bz2 versions that I haven't encountered with the .gz versions. See my other, now a bit late reply to Clemens. I was trying to hit both birds with one rock so to speak. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.26% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/