Any patch in Linux?

[Mei Jiao]

Hi,

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

Boey Keow

[Lee Huei · Accepted solution]

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

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

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

[Huc_1]

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

[dirk dierickx]

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.

[Lee Huei]

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

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

[Brad Kozak]

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