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Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 10:01:39 +1100 (EST)
From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.1-RELEASE
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On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, dennis wrote:

> At 09:48 AM 3/27/97 +1100, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote:
> >On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, dennis wrote:
> >
> >> You guys ever think of doing a patch release (like a single tarball with 
> >> the changes) for those of us that spent 2 days setting up 2.2R? 
> >
> >Yes, I have.  To upgrade to 2.2.1, I'll be fetching bin/*, unpacking, rm 
> >-rf etc dev, repack, then untar with --unlink and -p.
>
> Are the only changes in bin? What about the source to the kernel modules?
> dont you need ssys also?

Yes, you are right.  The 2.2.1 README clearly states that there are 
kernel changes also, esp the 2940 code.

The principle remains the same - /etc does not get clobbered.

Danny