Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:20:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Sid Boyce <sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk>
cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] ktimers subsystem
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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.

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