From: Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger@t-online.de>
  To  : GGI-Mailing-Liste <ggi-develop@eskimo.com>
  Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 17:04:44 +0200 (MEST)

Re: KGI: BETA state for compatibility module

On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Christoph Egger wrote:

> 
> 
> On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Brian Julin wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Christoph Egger wrote:
> > > Brian, could you send me the patch for the 2.2.5 kernel, please?
> > > When I try to compile KGI I get:
> > > 
> > > bash$ cd kgi-0.9/kgi/Linux
> > > bash$ make KERNEL_VERSION="2.2.5"
> > > make: *** No rule to make target `2.2.5', needed by `default.exit'.  Stop.
> > 
> > Execute make KERNEL_VERSION="2.2.3" instead.  That forces in the 2.2.3
> > patch.  There should be only one rejected chunk in
> > drivers/char/Makefile.rej   You have to apply that chunk by hand.
> > 
> > Your source should be in /usr/src/linux.
> > 
> 
> chris: Ok! Will try now. Hmm...
> 
> bash$ su root
> bash$ cd kgi-0.9/kgi/Linux
> bash$ make KERNEL_VERSION=2.2.3
> ./patch-2.1 2.2.3
> Applying /home/programmer/ggi/kgi-0.9/kgi/Linux/patches/2.2.3.diff ...done.
> Linking KGI includes and sources ...done.
> /usr/src/linux patched.
> 
> Your kernel sources should now be prepared to build a Linux/KGI kernel.
> Please see file:/usr/src/linux/README for detailed instructions how
> to build, install and boot this kernel.
> 
> bash$ cd /usr/src/linux
> bash$ find . -type f -name \*.rej
> bash$
> 
> chris: Hmm... no rej file
> 
> bash$ find . -type f -name \*.orig
> bash$
> 
> chris: ... and no orig file. It seem's that nothing is patched!
> 
Now I know why nothing is patched! I have found in file:/usr/src/linux/ a
file called 2.2.3.patch.err

bash$ cat 2.2.3.patch.err
patch: unrecognized option `--verbose'
Usage: patch [options] [origfile [patchfile]] [+ [options] [origfile]]...
Options:
       [-ceEflnNRsStuv] [-b backup-ext] [-B backup-prefix] [-d directory]
       [-D symbol] [-F max-fuzz] [-o out-file] [-p[strip-count]]
       [-r rej-name] [-V {numbered,existing,simple}] [--context]
       [--prefix=backup-prefix] [--suffix=backup-ext] [--ifdef=symbol]
       [--directory=directory] [--ed] [--fuzz=max-fuzz] [--force]
[--batch]
       [--ignore-whitespace] [--forward] [--reverse] [--output=out-file]
       [--strip[=strip-count]] [--normal] [--reject-file=rej-name]
[--skip]
       [--remove-empty-files] [--quiet] [--silent] [--unified] [--version]
       [--version-control={numbered,existing,simple}]
bash$ patch --version
Patch version 2.1


Christoph Egger
E-Mail: Christoph_Egger@t-online.de