On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, James Miller wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, Eric Bambach wrote:
>
> > 2.2.26 eh? Ill take a look.
>
> Thanks. Much appreciated.
>
> > The ones marked -prepatch? No, You shouldn't neccesarily apply these. They are
> > testing versions in between releases. If you are on a desktop or can stand a
> > few bugs, or need a new feature, then you can download the full source, and
> > then apply the patch. However, generally you should wait for the full
> > release. The numbering without the -preX at the end. eg. 2.2.26 not
> > 2.2.27-pre2.
>
> The ones I'm talking about - taking the case of the kernel I've mentioned
> as an example - are listed like this: patch-2.2.26.gz. Is this the
> prepatch of which you speak, or something else? They're right in the same
> directory with the kernels, down toward the bottom.
>
You use patch-2.x.n to go from linux-2.x.{n-1} to linux-2.x.n : e.g. if
you are running linux-2.6.6, you apply patch-2.6.7 to upgrade to
linux-2.6.7. The -pre and -rc patches are only for those who play with
development or test kernels.
Ken
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