a note for those patching 2.6.18 with current cvs

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

Don't worry about it. The compile proceeds fine despite of that message.

On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 05:14:59AM -0500, Luke Davis wrote:
> Hmm, well, that part worked, but now "make mrproper" is looking for 
> include/linux/version.h, a file which does not exist, and which a "make 
> mrproper" run on a clean tree does not seem to seek. (at least, I don't 
> get the message that awk can't find it, if I run it from an unpatched 
> tree).
> 
> How annoying.
> 
> Luke
> 
>  On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, Luke Davis wrote:
> 
> > I just wanted to thank you for this procedure.
> > 
> > I am compiling a new Ubuntu kernel, and decided to grab 2.6.18.
> > 
> > I forgot completely about those August patches--haven't been following 
> > closely lately.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Luke
> > 
> > On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi all.
> > > 
> > > Since I'm currently in the process of upgrading to linux 2.6.18, I
> > > thought I'd post this note for anyone who wants to patch current
> > > speakup from cvs in to a 2.6.18 kernel, but doesn't know how to go
> > > about doing that.
> > > 
> > > First, according to the cvs mailing list, the patches for 2.6.18 were
> > > submitted into the speakup cvs on August 14th, in the evening
> > > EDT. Checking out cvs as of August 15th has patched for me into 2.6.18
> > > without problems.
> > > 
> > > Now that we know that, you'll need to modify the checkout script. If
> > > you don't want to mess with your current checkout script, then make a
> > > copy of it somewhere else.
> > > 
> > > In the checkout script, you want to find the line that reads:
> > > 
> > > cvs co -P speakup || exit
> > > 
> > > and I've replaced that line with:
> > > 
> > > cvs co -D 'August 15 2006' -P speakup || exit
> > > 
> > > , which worked for me, though you can use any of the allowed date
> > > formats as out-lined in the cvs manual. Then, just run the checkout
> > > script in the way you'd normally run it. Hth some folks.
> > > 
> > > Greg
> > 
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