Re: Compiling kernel with hidden patch

[Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>]

        Hello,

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Kelly Corbin wrote:

> I'm trying to compile a kernel with the hidden patch and it dies just
> like this:
>
> root@lb1:/usr/src/linux# make menuconfig
> Makefile:38: /Rules.make: No such file or directory
> make: *** No rule to make target `/Rules.make'.  Stop.
>
> It is a stock 2.4.6 kernel with XFS and ipvsadm patches.  Before I
> applied the hidden-2.4.5-1.diff patch from Julian's page, all makes
> worked fine.  After I applied it, I got the above message.

        Make a fresh tree. If the result is same then reading some
kernel HOWTOs will be helpful. Or may be you can find how the "hidden"
patch breaks the tree?

> Any ideas?
> Is there a better 'hidden' patch?

        No. If yes, it is so hidden that even I don't know its place :)

> Thanks!
>
> Kelly


Regards

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Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>