read the man pages for patch and -R seems to be the rescuer. ~amit
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:29 PM, amit mehta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to build linux kernel for version 2.6.24 on a machine running > suse. > so i downloaded the kernel soruces and patches from : > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/<ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.26.tar.bz2> > > I've downloaded following two compressed files: > linux-2.6.24.tar.bz2 > patch-2.6.24.bz2 > > After uncompressing and making symlink as > ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.24 /usr/src/linux > > I gave a dry run for patches as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] cd /usr/src/linux > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/src/linux ] # bzip2 -dc /usr/src/patch-2.6.24.bz2 | > patch > -p1 --dry-run > patching file .gitignore > Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] > > Seems that it found already applied patches, so what should i provide as > answer to > the above querry(Assume -R? [n] ) , i gave "Y" as answer and then again > there was > similar question for several other files . so is there any way to be able > to overwrite the already applied > patches non interactively(i mean without answering the same question for > other files as well) ? > > ~amit > > > > -- > "Everyone has a photographic memory. Some people just don't have film." > > — Mel Brooks > -- "Everyone has a photographic memory. Some people just don't have film." — Mel Brooks
