Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933056AbdIYDnr (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2017 23:43:47 -0400 Received: from mail-it0-f65.google.com ([209.85.214.65]:35213 "EHLO mail-it0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752959AbdIYDnq (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2017 23:43:46 -0400 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QBYLhbImZlovYhEa8HbPnrA9czayJr4t2ZVLd1O0z4NGpXD174gL3KbS+7Fm5mb8JByxY3ip3uud9LPUdeP4lo= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 20:43:45 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: mtjYlabWLP3m3OqbesQcKrPJaRQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: Linux 4.14-rc2 (bad patch file on kernel.org) To: Randy Dunlap , Konstantin Ryabitsev Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , helpdesk@kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 506 Lines: 13 On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 8:41 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > But I just tried it myself, and get the same breakage. In fact, the > patch it downloads is exactly 50397184 bytes in size. Side note: instead of downloading a 50MB patch, you could probably use the same amount of bandwidth to download and build git, and then use that to download much smaller incremental updates. I'm surprised that people still even use those nasty patches and tar-balls. Linus