Re: inline x-gzip patches

Andrew E. Mileski (aem@netcom.ca)
Sat, 8 Nov 1997 13:42:22 -0500 (EST)


> Gee, am I the only one on this list too stupid to extract these patches
> from the linux-kernel-digest. No matter where I cut them gzip tells me
> that they are not in the correct format :( It would help if they were
> posted as files instead of inlines.) I could use Bill Hawes
> fat_61-patch.gz. Are these patches archived anywhere?
> Thanks all

Note that digest patches have the leading '-' character changed
to '- -' if I recall correctly. This shouldn't affect base64 encoded
patches, though I think it can affect the last line of UU encoded ones.

Been a while since I used a digest patch, so I may be completely wrong.

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