Can't this be automated?
The whole process of downloading the proper patch file, uncompressing it, and then applying it seems to be ripe for automating. Kernel developers being the type that like to automate repetitive tasks, the program ketchup has been created to handle all of this automatically. See ketchup for more details on how this program works and how to use it.
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