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diff --git a/Documentation/applying-patches.txt b/Documentation/applying-patches.txt index bc113bff86b7..02ce4924468e 100644 --- a/Documentation/applying-patches.txt +++ b/Documentation/applying-patches.txt @@ -54,15 +54,11 @@ in the patch file when applying it (the ``-p1`` argument to ``patch`` does this). To revert a previously applied patch, use the -R argument to patch. -So, if you applied a patch like this: - -:: +So, if you applied a patch like this:: patch -p1 < ../patch-x.y.z -You can revert (undo) it like this: - -:: +You can revert (undo) it like this:: patch -R -p1 < ../patch-x.y.z @@ -74,9 +70,7 @@ This (as usual with Linux and other UNIX like operating systems) can be done in several different ways. In all the examples below I feed the file (in uncompressed form) to patch -via stdin using the following syntax: - -:: +via stdin using the following syntax:: patch -p1 < path/to/patch-x.y.z @@ -85,26 +79,20 @@ know of more than one way to use patch, then you can stop reading this section here. Patch can also get the name of the file to use via the -i argument, like -this: - -:: +this:: patch -p1 -i path/to/patch-x.y.z If your patch file is compressed with gzip or xz and you don't want to uncompress it before applying it, then you can feed it to patch like this -instead: - -:: +instead:: xzcat path/to/patch-x.y.z.xz | patch -p1 bzcat path/to/patch-x.y.z.gz | patch -p1 If you wish to uncompress the patch file by hand first before applying it (what I assume you've done in the examples below), then you simply run -gunzip or xz on the file -- like this: - -:: +gunzip or xz on the file -- like this:: gunzip patch-x.y.z.gz xz -d patch-x.y.z.xz @@ -232,9 +220,7 @@ step. The -z flag to interdiff will even let you feed it patches in gzip or bzip2 compressed form directly without the use of zcat or bzcat or manual decompression. -Here's how you'd go from 4.7.2 to 4.7.3 in a single step: - -:: +Here's how you'd go from 4.7.2 to 4.7.3 in a single step:: interdiff -z ../patch-4.7.2.gz ../patch-4.7.3.gz | patch -p1 @@ -289,9 +275,7 @@ that such patches do **NOT** apply on top of 4.x.y kernels but on top of the base 4.x kernel -- if you need to move from 4.x.y to 4.x+1 you need to first revert the 4.x.y patch). -Here are some examples: - -:: +Here are some examples:: # moving from 4.6 to 4.7 @@ -339,9 +323,7 @@ So, in order to apply the 4.7.3 patch to your existing 4.7.2 kernel source you have to first back out the 4.7.2 patch (so you are left with a base 4.7 kernel source) and then apply the new 4.7.3 patch. -Here's a small example: - -:: +Here's a small example:: $ cd ~/linux-4.7.2 # change to the kernel source dir $ patch -p1 -R < ../patch-4.7.2 # revert the 4.7.2 patch @@ -374,9 +356,7 @@ turn into. So, 4.8-rc5 means that this is the fifth release candidate for the 4.8 kernel and the patch should be applied on top of the 4.7 kernel source. -Here are 3 examples of how to apply these patches: - -:: +Here are 3 examples of how to apply these patches:: # first an example of moving from 4.7 to 4.8-rc3 @@ -418,9 +398,7 @@ a base 4.x-rc kernel -- you can see which from their name. A patch named 4.7-git1 applies to the 4.7 kernel source and a patch named 4.8-rc3-git2 applies to the source of the 4.8-rc3 kernel. -Here are some examples of how to apply these patches: - -:: +Here are some examples of how to apply these patches:: # moving from 4.7 to 4.7-git1 |