On Monday, January 24, 2022 6:19:24 AM EST to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 06:08:57AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > On Monday, January 24, 2022 5:19:13 AM EST Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > gene@coyote:~/Debian-arm/linux$ patch -p1 ../patches/*.patch > > > > patch: > > > > ../patches/0001-mm-memcg-Disable-threshold-event-handlers-on- > > > > PREEMPT.patch: extra operand > > > > > > man patch says > > > > > > patch [options] [originalfile [patchfile]] > > > > > > With "patchfile" being singular i'd expect that it refuses if you > > > give > > > more than one. > > > Further it does not look as if you give an "originalfile", which is > > > demanded by the common []-bracket around "originalfile > > > [patchfile]". > > > > > > So what file do you want to change by the patch ? > > > Does ../patches/*.patch evaluate to a single file ? > > > > No, its a directory with many patches. IMO patch should take them, in > > their sorted order, until its out of patches. > > The man page disagrees with you on that, as Thomas notes :) > > > Or do we have a gui to > > > > oversee that, something like kompare maybe? I'll take a look. > > See my other answer for a quick-and-dirty proposal. There are several > patch managers around which help you on that -- quilt is one of them. >
And once I had wrapped my brain around quilt, it just worked, the result is building right now. Thanks a bunch. > Cheers Take care Thomas. Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>