Re: [ANNOUNCE] ktimers subsystem

[Sid Boyce <sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk>]

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.
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