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Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Note file formats send-email accepts

From
Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date
Feb 21, 2009, 00:04 UTC
Message-ID
<20090221000440.GA7258@kroah.com>
In-Reply-To
<20090219035106.GG4505@inocybe.teonanacatl.org>
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:51:06PM -0500, Todd Zullinger wrote:
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> +There are two formats accepted for patch files:
> +
> +1. mbox format files
> ++
> +This is what linkgit:git-format-patch[1] generates.  Most headers and MIME
> +formatting are ignored.
> +
> +2. The original format used by Greg Kroah-Hartman's 'send_lots_of_email.pl'
> +script

You're kidding me, right? I really don't believe anyone uses any patches in that format, I haven't used that script in so long I just noticed that I didn't even have a copy of it anywhere.

So if for some reason you are trying to be backwards compatible to my old code, don't do it on my behalf.

thanks,
greg k-h
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  1. Documentation: Note file formats send-email acceptsTodd Zullinger, Feb 19, 2009
  2. Greg KHFeb 21, 2009

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

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