Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:20:26 -0700 (PDT) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] ktimers subsystem |
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On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Sid Boyce wrote:
> OT, but something that's been bugging me for quite a while. > I cut and paste the patch from the email to a file ktimers.patch. > "# patch -l -p1 <ktimer.patch" and it returns --- > (Patch is indented 1 space.) > patching file fs/exec.c > patch: **** malformed patch at line 16: } > > If I prepend 2 tabs to the line, it complains about line 17, I do the same to > line 17 and on it moves to the next. from the manpage it reads like the "-l" > should take care of the tabs so it only compares the text. > Can anyone suggest how to apply the patch? Googling didn't help.
Save the entire email as a text file and apply it. Cut and paste usually introduces white space damage.
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