linux-kernel - [Kernel.org Helpdesk #46182] [linuxfoundation.org #46182] Re: Linux 4.14-rc2 (bad patch file on kernel.org)

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Date:   Sun, 24 Sep 2017 23:43:52 -0400
From:   "Linus Torvalds via RT" <kernel-helpdesk@...linuxfoundation.org>
To:     rdunlap@...radead.org
CC:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [Kernel.org Helpdesk #46182] [linuxfoundation.org #46182] Re: Linux 4.14-rc2 (bad patch file on kernel.org)

On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 8:41 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> But I just tried it myself, and get the same breakage. In fact, the
> patch it downloads is exactly 50397184 bytes in size.

Side note: instead of downloading a 50MB patch, you could probably use
the same amount of bandwidth to download and build git, and then use
that to download much smaller incremental updates.

I'm surprised that people still even use those nasty patches and tar-balls.

               Linus