On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 12:10:48PM +0800, Joseph S Chung wrote: > > Sorry for the "read receipts", I will try to avoid them.
thank you very much! > ============================================ > I do the command below as the FAQ advised. > > zcat patch-X.X.XX.gz | patch -p0 -E > > But get the following results... > ======================================================= > [EMAIL PROTECTED] src]# zcat patch-2.4.20ctx-17 | patch -p0 -E > zcat: patch-2.4.20ctx-17: not in gzip format > [EMAIL PROTECTED] src]# zcat patch-2.4.20ctx-17.gz | patch -p0 -E > can't find file to patch at input line 4 > Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? > The text leading up to this was: > -------------------------- > |diff -rc2P linux-2.4.20/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S > linux-2.4.20ctx-17/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S > |*** linux-2.4.20/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S 2002-12-09 > 10:31:24.000000000 -0500 > |--- linux-2.4.20ctx-17/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S 2003-03-29 > 21:13:24.000000000 -0500 > -------------------------- > File to patch: > ======================================================= > > Is it asking for the file name of the running kernel or something else? please read the following: - http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/ - man patch > Also, I find vservers start ok even without the patch installed. Is it > essential to apply the patch? if the vservers start ok, even without the patch installed, then I wouldn't use the patch anyway, but actually I doubt it. best, Herbert > Thanks, > Joseph
