[linux-lvm] Re: with 2.4.1, should I use beta2 or beta3 lvm-tools?

[AJ Lewis]

On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 10:41:25AM +0100, H?kan Jettingstad wrote:
> When I try to apply the patch that LVM 0.9.1beta3 creates with: 
> 
> ./configure --with-kernel_dir=/usr/src/linux-2.4.1 creates, on my
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.1 directory like this:
> 
> hostname:/usr/src/linux-2.4.1# cat
> /usr/src/LVM/0.9.1_beta3/PATCHES/lvm-0.9.1_beta3-2.4.1.patch | patch -p1
> patching file include/linux/lvm.h
> patching file drivers/md/lvm.c
> patching file drivers/md/lvm-snap.c
> patching file drivers/md/Config.in
> Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected!  Assume -R? [n] 
> Apply anyway? [n] n
> 
> I get the above error, should it apply cleanly or can I just ignore this and
> answer y to apply anyway?

The problem is that Linux 2.4.1 was not out when we released LVM 0.9.1
Beta3, so we don't have a fragments file for it.  If you create an empty
file in the PATCHES/ directory called 'fragments-2.4.1' and rerun configure
and make in the PATCHES directory, you should get a valid patch for 2.4.1

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