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Any patch in Linux?

Mei Jiao — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:44:47 GMT

Hi,

I'm new in Linux. Just wonder if there's any patch for Linux.

Boey Keow

Re: Any patch in Linux?

Lee Huei — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:40:12 GMT

yo BK,

There are patches for linux depending on what kind of patches you required.

check this web-site for some kernel patches available.
http://linux.tucows.com/osmanagement_kpatches_default.html

OR some reference for linux patches :
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~rc/fws/os-patches.html

Re: Any patch in Linux?

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 02:37:00 GMT

are you asking about kernel patches?

or you just want to know if Linux sw have bugs and bugfixes? - yes, of course.

If you need some introduction to Linux (what is Linux/kernel/distributions/etc), I suggest

http://www.linux.org/docs/beginner/index.html

or another "Introduction to Linux" article.

Regards,
Vitaly

Re: Any patch in Linux?

Huc_1 — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:13:00 GMT

Yes there are sometimes patch released for the various linux kernel versions

on your linux you should have something like the following (the linux-X.X.XX-XX.X will be your version of linux kernel )

/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-20.9/Documentation/kernel-docs.txt

in this files there are many, many pointers to kernel releated sites and doc.

You should also have a directory like

/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-20.9/scripts/patch-kernel

have a look at man patch for more on the command patch .

Hope this help you on your way !

J-P

Re: Any patch in Linux?

dirk dierickx — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 02:08:01 GMT

Every distribution has a update/patch mechanism in place, which will apply the patches automaticly as soon as they come out (depends on how you configure it ofcourse).

my advice is to check the website or documentation of your distro to know how to set this up.

Re: Any patch in Linux?

Lee Huei — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 04:47:20 GMT

check this out:
http://www.hp.com/united-states/linux/

reference
http://www.unixguide.net/unixguide.shtml

Re: Any patch in Linux?

Brad Kozak — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 06:22:11 GMT

What distro?

For the RedHat variety go to the source -- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/ choose your RedHat version and download all the relevant security patches, enhancements and bug fixes.

HTH,

bk