HELP: zcat gcc-3.2.2-rtems-20030326.diff

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 11:30, Alex wrote:
> Hi all...
> 
> I am trying to install rtems in my madrake 9.1 (linux) box...
> I am following the paper "getting started with RTEMS for C/C++ users" and I am in the page 15.
> 
> I already downloaded and extracting the needed files and now I am applying rtems patches:
> 
> When 
> I run the following comand from the /home/ncosta/tools:
> 
> zcat /home/ncosta/archives/gcc-3.2.2-rtems-20030326.diff | \ patch -p1 I see an error message saying:
> 
> The specified diff file is not of gzip format.
> 
> I downloaded the file from the ftp.rtems.com/pub/... site...
> I am running this command as root...
> 
> What is wrong?

A lot, way too much to explain here.

However Mandrake is an rpm-based distribution, so what prevents you from
using the rpms?

Ralf