On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 09:53:25AM +0300, Pavel Fedin wrote: > diff -ruN linux-source-2.6.24.orig/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX > linux-source-2.6.24/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX This patch is corrupted ;-( From Documentation/email-clients.txt: Gmail (Web GUI) If you just have to use Gmail to send patches, it CAN be made to work. It requires a bit of external help, though. The first problem is that Gmail converts tabs to spaces. This will totally break your patches. To prevent this, you have to use a different editor. There is a firefox extension called "ViewSourceWith" (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/394) which allows you to edit any text box in the editor of your choice. Configure it to launch your favorite editor. When you want to send a patch, use this technique. Once you have crafted your messsage + patch, save and exit the editor, which should reload the Gmail edit box. GMAIL WILL PRESERVE THE TABS. Hoorah. Apparently you can cut-n-paste literal tabs, but Gmail will convert those to spaces upon sending! The second problem is that Gmail converts tabs to spaces on replies. If you reply to a patch, don't expect to be able to apply it as a patch. The last problem is that Gmail will base64-encode any message that has a non-ASCII character. That includes things like European names. Be aware. Gmail is not convenient for lkml patches, but CAN be made to work. -- Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
