Re: kernel-2.4.20-37.9.legacy.src.rpm problem

[Brian Morrison <bdm fenrir org uk>]

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:08:14 -0500 in opsiq8r0ockuru7p vgernet net
"Ralph E. Kenyon, Jr." <diogenes xenodochy org> wrote:

>  I understand the old macro assembler, and direct single or multiple
>  pass  compilers that work on a source file and create an object or
>  exe file, but  I haven't a clue how this old knowledge can be used to
>  understand all this  "make", "patch", and "diff" stuff.  It's still a
>  complete mystery to me. I  need a kindergarten tour somewhere. :-)
> 

Patch and diff are just ways of creating differences for a given pair
of source trees, and then applying them to the original tree somewhere
else.

Make and the Makefile structure is fairly simple if you have a read of
the man page, it's the auto-tools that are somewhat harder to grasp.

-- 

Brian Morrison

bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk

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