On 08/14/2018 07:37 AM, Andrew Gierth wrote:
>>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Dunstan <andrew.dunstan@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> >>> This patch contains CRLF line endings
> >>
> >> Alas, not according to "file" nor "hexdump" (only 0A, no 0D) on my
> >> local version, AFAICS.
> >>
> >> What happens on the path and what is done by mail clients depending
> >> on the mime type is another question (eg text/x-diff or text/plain).
>
> Andrew> It's not done by my MUA, and it's present in your latest posted
> Andrew> patch. If anything I'd suspect your MUA:
>
> The patch in the original email is in text/plain with base64 transfer
> encoding, which means that CRLF line endings are mandatory. It's
> actually up to the receiving MUA (or the archives webserver) to undo
> that.
>
> If the archives webserver isn't handling that then it's a bug there.
>
Probably a good reason not to use text/plain for patches, ISTM. I do
note that my MUA (Thunderbird) uses text/x-patch and probably violates
RFC2046 4.1.1
cheers
andrew
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