Re: [Sheflug] FYI ... 2.5.0 released.

[Alex Hudson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2001-11-23 at 20:56, Barrie Bremner wrote:
> I'm assuming this is literally the only difference between 2.5.0 and
> 2.4.15 is that one line?

Basically.

> Seems a bit inconsistent not to have a 2.4.15->2.5.0 patch for good
> measure tho.

Please tell me you didn't patch to 2.4 from 2.2?????

> Will modifying linux/include/linux/version.h not cause problems when
> patching from 2.4.15 up to 2.4.15-pre1 or 2.4.16?

Downgrading 2.4.15 to 2.4.15-pre1 and then jumping to 2.4.16 might well
cause problems, yes ;)

> I'm assuming that patch matches the existing line before patching a
> file - if it is expecting 
> <snip> 
> it'll barf?

Not necessarily - the patches are contextual, so you can do a fuzzy
patch. Or take the .rej and patch by hand. 

Cheers,

Alex.

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