[Xmonad] Re: darcs patch: add LayoutChoice module.

David Roundy droundy at darcs.net
Thu Sep 6 18:01:37 EDT 2007


On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 09:24:02PM +0200, Tassilo Horn wrote:
> David Roundy <droundy at darcs.net> writes:
> >> > How did you save the patch from your email?
> >> 
> >> `o' (`gnus-mime-save-part') on the attachment.
> >
> > Hmmm.  That sounds reasonable.
> >
> >> > Most likely that's when it got corrupted.
> >> 
> >> Hm, that's the normal way I do it.  I tested it with another patch
> >> and it worked.
> >
> > All I can think is that maybe for some reason gnus corrupts patches
> > only occasionally (e.g. I've run into scenarios in the past where
> > mailers corrupted patches containing a "From" at the beginning of a
> > line).  But I've very little idea what could be the problem.  Maybe
> > you could send the file you saved to me as an attachment? (Or put it
> > up to be downloaded?)
> 
> Sure.  You can fetch it from
> 
>   http://www.tsdh.de/add-layoutchoice-module_.dpatch

It looks like you're using gmane, and gmane is for some reason munging the
email addresses, or at least that's my best guess.  I have no idea why it
would do this (or why it wouldn't always do so).  (I am *so* glad I added
that hash to the patch bundles... it's hard to imagine how I lived without
it.)

David (see portion of diff below)

--- add-layoutchoice-module_.dpatch     2007-09-06 12:22:58.000000000 -0700
+++ add-layoutchoice-module_.dpatch.good        2007-09-06 10:53:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 New patches:

 [add LayoutChoice module.
-David Roundy <droundy-/Ib+23xdMK5eoWH0uzbU5w at public.gmane.org>**20070906154955]
+David Roundy <droundy at darcs.net>**20070906154955]
 <
 > {
 addfile ./LayoutChoice.hs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 +-- Copyright   :  (c) David Roundy
 +-- License     :  BSD-style (see xmonad/LICENSE)
 +--
-+-- Maintainer  :  email-Jbz+COfnBihBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
++-- Maintainer  :  email at address.com
 +-- Stability   :  unstable
 +-- Portability :  unportable
 +--


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