bash-4.1$ patch -p1 < cardinality.patch (Stripping trailing CRs from patch.)
not sure about source of this problem.
I can't reproduce the problem. In fact, I don't see a single CR byte in the patch file on my disk, the file my email clients claims to have sent or a copy of the file I downloaded from the archives. Are you sure this isn't a problem on your end?
It can be problem on my side - some strange combination of mime type. I seen this issue before. I will recheck it tomorrow from other computer.