Where can I read up on the release process? For example, I have a bunch of patches (2.6.x etc) and a couple of files called "final" and one with a bk2 in it. There was mention of an rpmbuild command. In what order and how do I apply the patches and/or tarballs?
Where are the patches available to update me to the new kernel?
Rob
-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Alexander Dalloz Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 10:00 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Kernel Compiling
What are bk2 files for? Presumably that's in the release
notes as well?
No, the release notes do not explain that. That is something which belongs to the process how changes, fixes etc. to the official kernel sources are named. It think "bk" stands for BitKeeper (formerly used tool use by Linus to handle the sources), while other suffixes note patch sets by kernel hackers (like -ac<number> for Alan Cox).
Rob
Alexander