[Quilt-dev] HELP! new user having issues importing patch

[Chris Friesen]

I've got a linux kernel tree, and a patch that applies to it.  I want to import 
the patch into quilt.

I've got the following directory structure:


linux
        standard linux directories/files
        .pc symlinked to ../working
        patches symlinked to ../patches
working
patches
3pc-patches (with a bunch of patches to include)


I go to the linux subdirectory, and run

quilt import ../3pc-patches/<name_of_patch>


Unfortunately, it gives me the following:

Patch ../3pc-patches/000_2.4.22_3PC_405.patch exists. Replace with -f.


If I replace the symlinks with real subdirs, it gives me:


Importing patch ../3pc-patches/000_2.4.22_3PC_405.patch (stored as 
../3pc-patches/000_2.4.22_3PC_405.patch)
cp: cannot create regular file 
`patches/../3pc-patches/000_2.4.22_3PC_405.patch': No such file or directory
Failed to import patch ../3pc-patches/000_2.4.22_3PC_405.patch


How the heck do I import a patch from a directory outside the source tree?  I 
don't want it to store the relative path of the patch.

Please CC me as I'm not on the list.

Thanks,

Chris