Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:28:53 -0400 | From | Kurt Wall <> | Subject | Re: Question re the dot releases such as 2.6.12.3 |
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On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 12:38:43PM -0400, Brian Gerst took 21 lines to write: > Gene Heskett wrote: > >Greetings; > > > >I just built what I thought was 2.6.12.3, but my script got a tummy > >ache because I didn't check the Makefile's EXTRA_VERSION, which was > >set to .2 in the .2 patch. Now my 2.6.12 modules will need a refresh > >build. :( > > > >So whats the proper patching sequence to build a 2.6.12.3? > > > > The dot-release patches are not incremental. You apply each one to the > base 2.6.12 tree.
This bit me a while back, too. I'll submit a patch to the top-level README to spell it out.
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