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From: Herbert Poetzl (herbert_at_13thfloor.at)
Date: Thu 28 Oct 2004 - 05:30:08 BST


On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:22:17PM +0200, Gilles wrote:
>
> > > > In the mean time you can manually download newer patches
> > > > into /usr/src/kernel-patches/diffs/ctx/ and otherwise do what you
> > > > usually do when you build debian kernels.
> > >
> > > No, that doesn't work: The patches do not apply cleanly on Debian-patched
> > > kernel sources.
> >
> > every now and then (when one of the debian maintainers
> > pay a visit or some debian folks with personal agenda
> > come around, and provide a simple patch to get the a
> > debian kernel from vanilla) I update the patches to the
> > debian sources, those patches should work here too ...
>
> The one I tried is
> patch-2.6.8.1-vs1.9.2.diff
> which didn't work with the Debian source for kernel 2.6.8.1

hmm, possible, nobody requested a 2.6.x debian patch yet
so, if you need one, please provide said patch between
vanilla and debian source ...

> > > On the other hand, what works is:
> > > - download the "vanilla" kernel and vserver patch,
> > > - "manually" patch the kernel,
> > > - then use the Debian kernel-package tools as usual, to create a package
> > > to be installed with "dpkg".
> >
> > which IMHO is the better solution anyway, as the vanilla
> > patches (vserver wise) are much more tested than the
> > debian patches ...
>
> By the way, was there a patch for kernel 2.6.7? I didn't find it on
> your site.

well, yes there are some patches for 2.6.7 but they
are considered obsolete. they can be found at ...

http://vserver.13thfloor.at/Experimental/OBSOLETE

patch-2.6.7-vs1.9.2-rc10.diff

appears to be the last done for 2.6.7

best,
Herbert

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