Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 01 Apr 2005 08:31:20 -0700 | From | Steven Cole <> | Subject | [PATCH] Clarify -rc definition in Documentation/feature-list-2.6.txt |
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Gentlehackers,
The day to clarify the real definition of "-rc" is finally here.
Steven
--- linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm4/Documentation/feature-list-2.6.txt.orig 2005-04-01 07:56:23.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-2.6.12-rc1-mm4/Documentation/feature-list-2.6.txt 2005-04-01 07:59:21.000000000 -0700 @@ -23,16 +23,21 @@ Applying patches. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - In 2.4 and previous kernels, the recommended way to apply patches was to use a command line such as ... gzip -cd patchXX.gz | patch -p0 In 2.6, Linus started adding an extra path element to the diffs, so using -p1 in the untarred 'to be patched' directory is necessary.
+Release Candidates +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +- In 2.4 and previous kernels, -rc meant "release candidate". + In 2.6, -rc means "really churning", so even more testing is desired. + Known gotchas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Certain known bugs are being reported over and over. Here are the workarounds. - Blank screen after decompressing kernel? Make sure your .config has CONFIG_INPUT=y CONFIG_VT=y - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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