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From: ghelmer@dsuvax.uucp (Guy Helmer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Patching from 1.5.3 to 1.5.5
Message-ID: <1990Apr10.134343.27007@dsuvax.uucp>
Date: 10 Apr 90 13:43:43 GMT
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In article <1990Apr9.144242.25913@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>, wall-rt@cscosl.ncsu.edu (Richard Todd Wall) writes:
> 
> 	While applying the patches to 1.5.5 from 1.5.3, I noticed that the
> patches were offsetting by a large degree and about 1/3 of them failed.
> Has anyone else had this problem???  I didn't think there were any patches
> to kernel in the 1.5.0 to 1.5.3 set.  Did I secretly miss some?????

You must not unpack the 1.5.3 to 1.5.5 kernel cdiffs, found in the 1.5.5 #2
posting by Dr. Tanenbaum (file 'kernel_00')!  Only unpack and use the 1.5.0 to
1.5.5 cdiffs, by Bruce Evans (file '1.5.5ke_00').

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> ' '   /       /   / ' )   /      // // ' '    or    wall-rt@cscosl.ncsu.edu



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