Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753726AbdIYDuJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2017 23:50:09 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.14]:36876 "EHLO smtp2.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753045AbdIYDuH (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Sep 2017 23:50:07 -0400 Subject: [Kernel.org Helpdesk #46182] [linuxfoundation.org #46182] Re: Linux 4.14-rc2 (bad patch file on kernel.org) From: "Linus Torvalds via RT" Reply-To: kernel-helpdesk@rt.linuxfoundation.org In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: X-RT-Loop-Prevention: linuxfoundation.org X-RT-Ticket: linuxfoundation.org #46182 X-Managed-BY: RT 4.4.0 (http://www.bestpractical.com/rt/) X-RT-Originator: torvalds@linux-foundation.org To: rdunlap@infradead.org CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-RT-Original-Encoding: utf-8 Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 23:43:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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