On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 03:07:39AM -0400, linux fan wrote: > > IIf one meant howto make > http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2010-10/msg00010.html > into a patch, it must be reliably copied without space damage by some means. > Perhaps on that link, could click "raw text", then select all, CTRL-C, > somehow paste CTRL-V, or some kind of nonsense. I think the entire > email, if not space damaged, can be a patch, and patch is smart enough > to know what to do. But I am really not sure.
I was able to copy and paste the body of the email (the 'changelog' part, the list of altered files, the patches themselves, and the git version on the end) from firefox into vim (running under urxvt). Some patches found online get damaged because the mail is presented as html by the archive (so, e.g. '>' is replaced by an entity). This one didn't. It is "somewhat long" for copy and paste - I find it easiest to pick a memorable identifier (generally the filenames, in this case also the '@@' markings for the hunks) and paste a screenful or less at a time. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
