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From: Spider <spider@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] how to determine kernel patches
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:37:01
Message-Id: 20020325173331.35433159.spider@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] how to determine kernel patches by Anthony Barker
1 easiest way is to download the .src.rpm and then extract the information from it, it will keep all their patches in an unapplied mode and will let you get the sources straight on, so to say.
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7 On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 11:24:22 -0500 (EST)
8 "Anthony Barker" <abarker@×××××.com> wrote:
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10 > Is there anyway of determining which patches have been applied to a kernel
11 > easily?
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13 > E.g. look at mandrake or suse shipped kernel and determine patches
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16 > I think it would be of use in looking at stability of patches in general -
17 > although I am sure the distros don't want to give away their secrets
18 > easily....
19 > Thanks,
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21 > Anthony
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24 > _______________________________________________
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