linux-kernel - Re: Linux 4.3-rc6

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFymnWjGvOYwubV=pBA1jN1YKQLorDdrSPNkiR5jfZqofw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 18 Oct 2015 19:58:14 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 4.3-rc6

On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> When using 'patch' and patch-4.3-rc6.gz to create a Linux 4.3-rc6 source tree,
> scripts/kernel-doc-xml-ref is not created as executable. (This has been
> happening for several -rc releases now).

'patch' doesn't know anything about file modes. It ignores all the
nice git extensions, and has no idea what the line

  new file mode 100755

means in a git patch.

(Well, at least traditional "patch" doesn't understand it. I know some
people have worked at adding basic git patch support to newer versions
of "patch", since things like git rename patches etc are obviously so
superior to traditional patches).

> Am I doing something wrong?  (other than not using git)

Use git.

You can use "git apply" as a replacement for "patch", even if  you
don't actually use a git repository or use git in any other form.

                Linus
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