Re: git issue / [PATCH] MIPS: fix invalid symbolic link file
Am 19.09.2013 15:39, schrieb Ralf Baechle:
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> The original patch that introduced the symlink with the \n is kernel
> commit 3b29aa5ba204c62b3ec8f9f5b1ebd6e5d74f75d3 and is archived in
> patchwork at http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/5745/ The patch
> file contains a \n at the end - but one would expect that from a
> patch file that has been transfered via email, so I'm not sure how this
> is supposed to work with emailed patches?!?
The mbox file I downloaded from this link looks like this:
arch/mips/boot/dts/include/dt-bindings | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
create mode 120000 arch/mips/boot/dts/include/dt-bindings
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.../include/dt-bindings b/.../include/dt-bindings
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..08c00e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/dts/include/dt-bindings
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../include/dt-bindings
but it should look like this:
arch/mips/boot/dts/include/dt-bindings | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
create mode 120000 arch/mips/boot/dts/include/dt-bindings
diff --git a/.../include/dt-bindings b/.../include/dt-bindings
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..08c00e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/dts/include/dt-bindings
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../include/dt-bindings
\ No newline at end of file
Whoever or whatever moved the '\ No newline at end of file' line above
the patch text is to blame.
-- Hannes
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>