Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Sep 2005 01:02:50 +0100 | From | Sid Boyce <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] ktimers subsystem |
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Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > 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. > > >
Thanks. regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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