Patch(es) to be applied to RTEMS distribution packages

[Joel Sherrill]

John Pickwick wrote:
> Hi to all,
> hmmm a newbie question but it comes to my mind each time I have to 
> recompile the kernel :=) In fact that's a general "package" question.
>  
> There are many *.diff patches in the SRC directory of the RTEMS ftp site.
>  
> For example for newlib-1.15.0:
> newlib-1.15.0-rtems4.8-20070202.diff
> newlib-1.15.0-rtems4.8-20070208.diff
> newlib-1.15.0-rtems4.8-20070316.diff
> newlib-1.15.0-rtems4.8-20070413.diff
> newlib-1.15.0-rtems4.8-20070804.diff
> newlib-1.15.0-rtems4.8-20070912.diff
> newlib-1.15.0-rtems4.8-20071221.diff
>  
> Should ALL the patches be applied or should I just take the most 
> recent one ?
>  
Only the most recent. 

The patches are also available in the rtems source tree
in contrib/crossrpms/patches.  Be aware that the patches
on the ftp server are likely to be newer than those included
in 4.8.0. 
> Thanx in advance,
> John.


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