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

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