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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