Problem getting the patch file to work

Problem getting the patch file to work

[David Robinson]

I copied the speakup-0.08-patch file to my /usr/src directory and then I
typed in the patch -p0 <speakup-0.08-patch and I got an error telling me
that the -p or --string was invalid.  And then I typed in
speakup-0.08-patch becuase it asked me to eneter a fiel to patch.  It
created the documenation directories and files but when it got to the
maintaing directory and files I got an hunk #1 faild and ask me to enter a
fiel to patch.  How many files do I need to patch successfully before I
can compile the kernel?  Then just for the heck of it I tried to compile
my kernel using make mrproper and I got an error saying no rule to make
target mrproper stoped.  What am I doing wrong becuase I just can't get
the patch file to work for me.  I'm using mandrake linux 7.0 kernel
version 2.3.14.

David

Re: Problem getting the patch file to work

[Kirk Reiser]

Well, I can only give you a few suggestions because I don't know your
exact arrangement.  Is your linux source directory named linux?
Linux-2.2.13 or whatever won't cut it.  Are you sitting in the
/usr/src directory when you run the patch command?  If you are in the
linux directory it won't work because it expects to patch to the
directory linux.  What version of patch are you using? my patch is
version 2.5.  Okay, let's start from there.

  Kirk

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RE: Problem getting the patch file to work

[Tim Burgess]

Hi,

I had this problem when trying to patch Red Hat 6.1.  It turned out that Red
Hat hadn't provided the full source in their .rpm files.  I downloaded a
2.2.14 kernel source and uncompressed it into my /src/usr directory then
re-ran the patch and all was well.  The complete URL is:

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/linux-2.2.14.tar.gz

I got this info from some helpful folks on the blinux list and I hope this
helps you too!

Tim Burgess

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Kirk Reiser
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 11:38 PM
To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: Problem getting the patch file to work


Well, I can only give you a few suggestions because I don't know your
exact arrangement.  Is your linux source directory named linux?
Linux-2.2.13 or whatever won't cut it.  Are you sitting in the
/usr/src directory when you run the patch command?  If you are in the
linux directory it won't work because it expects to patch to the
directory linux.  What version of patch are you using? my patch is
version 2.5.  Okay, let's start from there.

  Kirk

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Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
phone: (519) 661-3061

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RE: Problem getting the patch file to work

[William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123]

Hi Tim,

     Actually, the redhat source is complete if you are using the
architecture that the source was distributed for.  If, as I imagine,
you're using the I386 distribution, you'll only get the stuff pertaining 
to that release.  All you have to do is to press the enter key twice
when you get a file not found error.  I believe that there are about
nine or ten of them.




          Hope this helps.
          Bill in Denver
On Wed, 17 May 2000, Tim Burgess wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I had this problem when trying to patch Red Hat 6.1.  It turned out that Red
> Hat hadn't provided the full source in their .rpm files.  I downloaded a
> 2.2.14 kernel source and uncompressed it into my /src/usr directory then
> re-ran the patch and all was well.  The complete URL is:
> 
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/linux-2.2.14.tar.gz
> 
> I got this info from some helpful folks on the blinux list and I hope this
> helps you too!
> 
> Tim Burgess
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Kirk Reiser
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 11:38 PM
> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: Re: Problem getting the patch file to work
> 
> 
> Well, I can only give you a few suggestions because I don't know your
> exact arrangement.  Is your linux source directory named linux?
> Linux-2.2.13 or whatever won't cut it.  Are you sitting in the
> /usr/src directory when you run the patch command?  If you are in the
> linux directory it won't work because it expects to patch to the
> directory linux.  What version of patch are you using? my patch is
> version 2.5.  Okay, let's start from there.
> 
>   Kirk
> 
> --
> 
> Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
> e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
> phone: (519) 661-3061
> 
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Re: Problem getting the patch file to work

[Geoff Shang]

Hi:

Couple of notes:

Firstly, speakup under 2.3 kernels is unpredictable.  If your kernel is in
fact 2.3.14 (i.e. if that wasn't a typo) then I wouldn't expect it to
patch.

Secondly, if you are using a source that came with your distribution, it
may not be complete (ala redhat).

My advice is to download a kernel source from somewhere like ftp.kernel.org
and try patching that.

Geoff.