ketchup 0.8

ketchup is a script that automatically patches between kernel versions, downloading and caching patches as needed, and automatically determining the latest versions of several trees. Available at:

http://selenic.com/ketchup/ketchup-0.8

New in this version by popular demand:

- falls back to .gz files if .bz2 files aren't available
- can find BK snapshots in old/ directories (aka the jgarzik memorial hack)
- option to rename directories to linux-<v> after update
- can read default options from KETCHUP_OPTS

Example usage:

 $ ketchup 2.6-mm
 2.6.3-rc1-mm1 -> 2.6.5-mm4
 Applying 2.6.3-rc1-mm1.bz2 -R
 Applying patch-2.6.3-rc1.bz2 -R
 Applying patch-2.6.3.bz2
 Applying patch-2.6.4.bz2
 Applying patch-2.6.5.bz2
 Downloading 2.6.5-mm4.bz2
 Downloading 2.6.5-mm4.bz2.sign
 Verifying signature...
 gpg: Signature made Sat Apr 10 21:55:36 2004 CDT using DSA key ID 517D0F0E
 gpg: Good signature from "Linux Kernel Archives Verification Key
 <[email protected]>"
 gpg:                 aka "Linux Kernel Archives Verification Key
 <[email protected]>"
 owner.
 gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
 gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the
 Primary key fingerprint: C75D C40A 11D7 AF88 9981  ED5B C86B A06A 517D 0F0E
 Applying 2.6.5-mm4.bz2

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Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.

Does not work on Debian unstable:

rlrevell@mindpipe:~/kernel-source$ ketchup-0.8 2.6-mm
Creating cache directory /home/rlrevell/.ketchup
None -> 2.6.8-rc1-mm1
Downloading linux-2.6.7.tar.bz2
--21:14:12--  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.7.tar.bz2
           => `/home/rlrevell/.ketchup/linux-2.6.7.tar.bz2.partial'
Resolving www.kernel.org... 204.152.189.116
Connecting to www.kernel.org[204.152.189.116]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 35,092,228 [application/x-bzip2]

100%[====================================>] 35,092,228 187.32K/s ETA 00:00

21:17:17 (185.54 KB/s) - `/home/rlrevell/.ketchup/linux-2.6.7.tar.bz2.partial' s aved [35092228/35092228]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/ketchup-0.8", line 551, in ?
transform(a, b)
File "/usr/local/bin/ketchup-0.8", line 475, in transform
a = install_nearest(base(b))
File "/usr/local/bin/ketchup-0.8", line 437, in install_nearest
if not f:
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'f' referenced before assignment

Lee

Oops. Should be fixed by:

http://selenic.com/ketchup/ketchup-0.8.1

Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.

Now it seems to work, but I get:

...downloads some stuff...
patching file sound/pci/intel8x0.c
patching file sound/pci/nm256/nm256.c
patching file sound/ppc/pmac.c
ketchup: patch /home/rlrevell/.ketchup/patch-2.6.8-rc1.bz2 failed: 256

Not checking the return value from patch correctly?

Lee

That return code suggests some hunks failed. Can you check for .rej files?

Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.

There were no .rej files. I ran it again and it said I was up to date. Is it possible that a mirror was not fully synced?

The easy fix would be to have it just try again automatically if it sees this.

Lee