3 # Copyright 2002,2005 Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
4 # Copyright 2005 Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
8 # Ported to support git "mbox" format files by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
10 # Sends a collection of emails to the given email addresses, disturbingly fast.
12 # Supports two formats:
13 # 1. mbox format files (ignoring most headers and MIME formatting - this is designed for sending patches)
14 # 2. The original format support by Greg's script:
15 # first line of the message is who to CC,
16 # and second line is the subject of the message.
29 my ($class, $reason) = @_;
30 return bless \
$reason, shift;
34 die "Cannot use readline on FakeTerm: $$self";
41 git-send-email [options] <file | directory>...
43 --from Specify the "From:" line of the email to be sent.
45 --to Specify the primary "To:" line of the email.
47 --cc Specify an initial "Cc:" list for the entire series
50 --cc-cmd Specify a command to execute per file which adds
51 per file specific cc address entries
53 --bcc Specify a list of email addresses that should be Bcc:
56 --compose Use \$GIT_EDITOR, core.editor, \$EDITOR, or \$VISUAL to edit
57 an introductory message for the patch series.
59 --subject Specify the initial "Subject:" line.
60 Only necessary if --compose is also set. If --compose
61 is not set, this will be prompted for.
63 --in-reply-to Specify the first "In-Reply-To:" header line.
64 Only used if --compose is also set. If --compose is not
65 set, this will be prompted for.
67 --chain-reply-to If set, the replies will all be to the previous
68 email sent, rather than to the first email sent.
71 --signed-off-cc Automatically add email addresses that appear in
72 Signed-off-by: or Cc: lines to the cc: list. Defaults to on.
74 --identity The configuration identity, a subsection to prioritise over
77 --smtp-server If set, specifies the outgoing SMTP server to use.
78 Defaults to localhost. Port number can be specified here with
79 hostname:port format or by using --smtp-server-port option.
81 --smtp-server-port Specify a port on the outgoing SMTP server to connect to.
83 --smtp-user The username for SMTP-AUTH.
85 --smtp-pass The password for SMTP-AUTH.
87 --smtp-ssl If set, connects to the SMTP server using SSL.
89 --suppress-cc Suppress the specified category of auto-CC. The category
90 can be one of 'author' for the patch author, 'self' to
91 avoid copying yourself, 'sob' for Signed-off-by lines,
92 'cccmd' for the output of the cccmd, or 'all' to suppress
95 --suppress-from Suppress sending emails to yourself. Defaults to off.
97 --thread Specify that the "In-Reply-To:" header should be set on all
98 emails. Defaults to on.
100 --quiet Make git-send-email less verbose. One line per email
101 should be all that is output.
103 --dry-run Do everything except actually send the emails.
105 --envelope-sender Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails.
107 --no-validate Don't perform any sanity checks on patches.
113 # most mail servers generate the Date: header, but not all...
114 sub format_2822_time
{
116 my @localtm = localtime($time);
117 my @gmttm = gmtime($time);
118 my $localmin = $localtm[1] + $localtm[2] * 60;
119 my $gmtmin = $gmttm[1] + $gmttm[2] * 60;
120 if ($localtm[0] != $gmttm[0]) {
121 die "local zone differs from GMT by a non-minute interval\n";
123 if ((($gmttm[6] + 1) % 7) == $localtm[6]) {
125 } elsif ((($gmttm[6] - 1) % 7) == $localtm[6]) {
127 } elsif ($gmttm[6] != $localtm[6]) {
128 die "local time offset greater than or equal to 24 hours\n";
130 my $offset = $localmin - $gmtmin;
131 my $offhour = $offset / 60;
132 my $offmin = abs($offset % 60);
133 if (abs($offhour) >= 24) {
134 die ("local time offset greater than or equal to 24 hours\n");
137 return sprintf("%s, %2d %s %d %02d:%02d:%02d %s%02d%02d",
138 qw(Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat)[$localtm[6]],
140 qw(Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
141 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec)[$localtm[4]],
146 ($offset >= 0) ?
'+' : '-',
152 my $have_email_valid = eval { require Email
::Valid
; 1 };
156 sub unique_email_list
(@
);
157 sub cleanup_compose_files
();
159 # Constants (essentially)
160 my $compose_filename = ".msg.$$";
162 # Variables we fill in automatically, or via prompting:
163 my (@to,@cc,@initial_cc,@bcclist,@xh,
164 $initial_reply_to,$initial_subject,@files,$author,$sender,$smtp_authpass,$compose,$time);
169 #$initial_reply_to = ''; #<20050203173208.GA23964@foobar.com>';
171 my $repo = Git
->repository();
173 new Term
::ReadLine
'git-send-email';
176 $term = new FakeTerm
"$@: going non-interactive";
179 # Behavior modification variables
180 my ($quiet, $dry_run) = (0, 0);
182 # Variables with corresponding config settings
183 my ($thread, $chain_reply_to, $suppress_from, $signed_off_cc, $cc_cmd);
184 my ($smtp_server, $smtp_server_port, $smtp_authuser, $smtp_ssl);
185 my ($identity, $aliasfiletype, @alias_files, @smtp_host_parts);
189 my %config_bool_settings = (
190 "thread" => [\
$thread, 1],
191 "chainreplyto" => [\
$chain_reply_to, 1],
192 "suppressfrom" => [\
$suppress_from, undef],
193 "signedoffcc" => [\
$signed_off_cc, undef],
194 "smtpssl" => [\
$smtp_ssl, 0],
197 my %config_settings = (
198 "smtpserver" => \
$smtp_server,
199 "smtpserverport" => \
$smtp_server_port,
200 "smtpuser" => \
$smtp_authuser,
201 "smtppass" => \
$smtp_authpass,
204 "aliasfiletype" => \
$aliasfiletype,
206 "aliasesfile" => \
@alias_files,
207 "suppresscc" => \
@suppress_cc,
210 # Handle Uncouth Termination
214 print color
("reset"), "\n";
216 # SMTP password masked
219 # tmp files from --compose
220 if (-e
$compose_filename) {
221 print "'$compose_filename' contains an intermediate version of the email you were composing.\n";
223 if (-e
($compose_filename . ".final")) {
224 print "'$compose_filename.final' contains the composed email.\n"
230 $SIG{TERM
} = \
&signal_handler
;
231 $SIG{INT
} = \
&signal_handler
;
233 # Begin by accumulating all the variables (defined above), that we will end up
234 # needing, first, from the command line:
236 my $rc = GetOptions
("sender|from=s" => \
$sender,
237 "in-reply-to=s" => \
$initial_reply_to,
238 "subject=s" => \
$initial_subject,
240 "cc=s" => \
@initial_cc,
241 "bcc=s" => \
@bcclist,
242 "chain-reply-to!" => \
$chain_reply_to,
243 "smtp-server=s" => \
$smtp_server,
244 "smtp-server-port=s" => \
$smtp_server_port,
245 "smtp-user=s" => \
$smtp_authuser,
246 "smtp-pass:s" => \
$smtp_authpass,
247 "smtp-ssl!" => \
$smtp_ssl,
248 "identity=s" => \
$identity,
249 "compose" => \
$compose,
251 "cc-cmd=s" => \
$cc_cmd,
252 "suppress-from!" => \
$suppress_from,
253 "suppress-cc=s" => \
@suppress_cc,
254 "signed-off-cc|signed-off-by-cc!" => \
$signed_off_cc,
255 "dry-run" => \
$dry_run,
256 "envelope-sender=s" => \
$envelope_sender,
257 "thread!" => \
$thread,
258 "no-validate" => \
$no_validate,
265 # Now, let's fill any that aren't set in with defaults:
270 foreach my $setting (keys %config_bool_settings) {
271 my $target = $config_bool_settings{$setting}->[0];
272 $$target = $repo->config_bool("$prefix.$setting") unless (defined $$target);
275 foreach my $setting (keys %config_settings) {
276 my $target = $config_settings{$setting};
277 if (ref($target) eq "ARRAY") {
279 my @values = $repo->config("$prefix.$setting");
280 @
$target = @values if (@values && defined $values[0]);
284 $$target = $repo->config("$prefix.$setting") unless (defined $$target);
289 # read configuration from [sendemail "$identity"], fall back on [sendemail]
290 $identity = $repo->config("sendemail.identity") unless (defined $identity);
291 read_config
("sendemail.$identity") if (defined $identity);
292 read_config
("sendemail");
294 # fall back on builtin bool defaults
295 foreach my $setting (values %config_bool_settings) {
296 ${$setting->[0]} = $setting->[1] unless (defined (${$setting->[0]}));
299 # Set CC suppressions
302 foreach my $entry (@suppress_cc) {
303 die "Unknown --suppress-cc field: '$entry'\n"
304 unless $entry =~ /^(all|cccmd|cc|author|self|sob)$/;
305 $suppress_cc{$entry} = 1;
309 if ($suppress_cc{'all'}) {
310 foreach my $entry (qw
(ccmd cc author self sob
)) {
311 $suppress_cc{$entry} = 1;
313 delete $suppress_cc{'all'};
316 # If explicit old-style ones are specified, they trump --suppress-cc.
317 $suppress_cc{'self'} = $suppress_from if defined $suppress_from;
318 $suppress_cc{'sob'} = $signed_off_cc if defined $signed_off_cc;
320 # Debugging, print out the suppressions.
322 print "suppressions:\n";
323 foreach my $entry (keys %suppress_cc) {
324 printf " %-5s -> $suppress_cc{$entry}\n", $entry;
328 my ($repoauthor) = $repo->ident_person('author');
329 my ($repocommitter) = $repo->ident_person('committer');
331 # Verify the user input
333 foreach my $entry (@to) {
334 die "Comma in --to entry: $entry'\n" unless $entry !~ m/,/;
337 foreach my $entry (@initial_cc) {
338 die "Comma in --cc entry: $entry'\n" unless $entry !~ m/,/;
341 foreach my $entry (@bcclist) {
342 die "Comma in --bcclist entry: $entry'\n" unless $entry !~ m/,/;
347 # multiline formats can be supported in the future
348 mutt
=> sub { my $fh = shift; while (<$fh>) {
349 if (/^\s*alias\s+(\S+)\s+(.*)$/) {
350 my ($alias, $addr) = ($1, $2);
351 $addr =~ s/#.*$//; # mutt allows # comments
352 # commas delimit multiple addresses
353 $aliases{$alias} = [ split(/\s*,\s*/, $addr) ];
355 mailrc
=> sub { my $fh = shift; while (<$fh>) {
356 if (/^alias\s+(\S+)\s+(.*)$/) {
357 # spaces delimit multiple addresses
358 $aliases{$1} = [ split(/\s+/, $2) ];
360 pine
=> sub { my $fh = shift; while (<$fh>) {
361 if (/^(\S+)\t.*\t(.*)$/) {
362 $aliases{$1} = [ split(/\s*,\s*/, $2) ];
364 gnus
=> sub { my $fh = shift; while (<$fh>) {
365 if (/\(define-mail-alias\s+"(\S+?)"\s+"(\S+?)"\)/) {
366 $aliases{$1} = [ $2 ];
370 if (@alias_files and $aliasfiletype and defined $parse_alias{$aliasfiletype}) {
371 foreach my $file (@alias_files) {
372 open my $fh, '<', $file or die "opening $file: $!\n";
373 $parse_alias{$aliasfiletype}->($fh);
378 ($sender) = expand_aliases
($sender) if defined $sender;
380 # Now that all the defaults are set, process the rest of the command line
381 # arguments and collect up the files that need to be processed.
385 or die "Failed to opendir $f: $!";
387 push @files, grep { -f
$_ } map { +$f . "/" . $_ }
394 print STDERR
"Skipping $f - not found.\n";
399 foreach my $f (@files) {
400 my $error = validate_patch
($f);
401 $error and die "fatal: $f: $error\nwarning: no patches were sent\n";
407 print $_,"\n" for (@files);
410 print STDERR
"\nNo patch files specified!\n\n";
415 if (!defined $sender) {
416 $sender = $repoauthor || $repocommitter;
419 $_ = $term->readline("Who should the emails appear to be from? [$sender] ");
424 $sender = $_ if ($_);
425 print "Emails will be sent from: ", $sender, "\n";
433 $_ = $term->readline("Who should the emails be sent to? ", "");
439 push @to, split /,/, $to;
448 @cur = map { $aliases{$_} ? @
{$aliases{$_}} : $_ } @last;
449 } while (join(',',@cur) ne join(',',@last));
453 @to = expand_aliases
(@to);
454 @to = (map { sanitize_address
($_) } @to);
455 @initial_cc = expand_aliases
(@initial_cc);
456 @bcclist = expand_aliases
(@bcclist);
458 if (!defined $initial_subject && $compose) {
460 $_ = $term->readline("What subject should the initial email start with? ", $initial_subject);
465 $initial_subject = $_;
469 if ($thread && !defined $initial_reply_to && $prompting) {
471 $_= $term->readline("Message-ID to be used as In-Reply-To for the first email? ", $initial_reply_to);
476 $initial_reply_to = $_;
478 if (defined $initial_reply_to) {
479 $initial_reply_to =~ s/^\s*<?/</;
480 $initial_reply_to =~ s/>?\s*$/>/;
483 if (!defined $smtp_server) {
484 foreach (qw( /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/lib/sendmail )) {
490 $smtp_server ||= 'localhost'; # could be 127.0.0.1, too... *shrug*
494 # Note that this does not need to be secure, but we will make a small
495 # effort to have it be unique
496 open(C
,">",$compose_filename)
497 or die "Failed to open for writing $compose_filename: $!";
498 print C
"From $sender # This line is ignored.\n";
499 printf C
"Subject: %s\n\n", $initial_subject;
501 GIT: Please enter your email below.
502 GIT: Lines beginning in "GIT: " will be removed.
503 GIT: Consider including an overall diffstat or table of contents
504 GIT: for the patch you are writing.
509 my $editor = $ENV{GIT_EDITOR
} || $repo->config("core.editor") || $ENV{VISUAL
} || $ENV{EDITOR
} || "vi";
510 system('sh', '-c', '$0 $@', $editor, $compose_filename);
512 open(C2
,">",$compose_filename . ".final")
513 or die "Failed to open $compose_filename.final : " . $!;
515 open(C
,"<",$compose_filename)
516 or die "Failed to open $compose_filename : " . $!;
526 $_ = $term->readline("Send this email? (y|n) ");
531 if (uc substr($_,0,1) ne 'Y') {
532 cleanup_compose_files
();
536 @files = ($compose_filename . ".final", @files);
539 # Variables we set as part of the loop over files
540 our ($message_id, %mail, $subject, $reply_to, $references, $message);
542 sub extract_valid_address
{
544 my $local_part_regexp = '[^<>"\s@]+';
545 my $domain_regexp = '[^.<>"\s@]+(?:\.[^.<>"\s@]+)+';
547 # check for a local address:
548 return $address if ($address =~ /^($local_part_regexp)$/);
550 $address =~ s/^\s*<(.*)>\s*$/$1/;
551 if ($have_email_valid) {
552 return scalar Email
::Valid
->address($address);
554 # less robust/correct than the monster regexp in Email::Valid,
555 # but still does a 99% job, and one less dependency
556 $address =~ /($local_part_regexp\@$domain_regexp)/;
561 # Usually don't need to change anything below here.
563 # we make a "fake" message id by taking the current number
564 # of seconds since the beginning of Unix time and tacking on
565 # a random number to the end, in case we are called quicker than
566 # 1 second since the last time we were called.
568 # We'll setup a template for the message id, using the "from" address:
570 my ($message_id_stamp, $message_id_serial);
574 if (!defined $message_id_stamp) {
575 $message_id_stamp = sprintf("%s-%s", time, $$);
576 $message_id_serial = 0;
578 $message_id_serial++;
579 $uniq = "$message_id_stamp-$message_id_serial";
582 for ($sender, $repocommitter, $repoauthor) {
583 $du_part = extract_valid_address
(sanitize_address
($_));
584 last if (defined $du_part and $du_part ne '');
586 if (not defined $du_part or $du_part eq '') {
587 use Sys
::Hostname
qw();
588 $du_part = 'user@' . Sys
::Hostname
::hostname
();
590 my $message_id_template = "<%s-git-send-email-%s>";
591 $message_id = sprintf($message_id_template, $uniq, $du_part);
592 #print "new message id = $message_id\n"; # Was useful for debugging
597 $time = time - scalar $#files;
599 sub unquote_rfc2047
{
602 if (s/=\?([^?]+)\?q\?(.*)\?=/$2/g) {
605 s/=([0-9A-F]{2})/chr(hex($1))/eg;
607 return wantarray ?
($_, $encoding) : $_;
610 # use the simplest quoting being able to handle the recipient
613 my ($recipient) = @_;
614 my ($recipient_name, $recipient_addr) = ($recipient =~ /^(.*?)\s*(<.*)/);
616 if (not $recipient_name) {
620 # if recipient_name is already quoted, do nothing
621 if ($recipient_name =~ /^(".*"|=\?utf-8\?q\?.*\?=)$/) {
625 # rfc2047 is needed if a non-ascii char is included
626 if ($recipient_name =~ /[^[:ascii:]]/) {
627 $recipient_name =~ s/([^-a-zA-Z0-9!*+\/])/sprintf
("=%02X", ord($1))/eg
;
628 $recipient_name =~ s/(.*)/=\?utf-8\?q\?$1\?=/;
631 # double quotes are needed if specials or CTLs are included
632 elsif ($recipient_name =~ /[][()<>@,;:\\".\000-\037\177]/) {
633 $recipient_name =~ s/(["\\\r])/\\$1/;
634 $recipient_name = "\"$recipient_name\"";
637 return "$recipient_name $recipient_addr";
643 my @recipients = unique_email_list
(@to);
644 @cc = (grep { my $cc = extract_valid_address
($_);
645 not grep { $cc eq $_ } @recipients
647 map { sanitize_address
($_) }
649 my $to = join (",\n\t", @recipients);
650 @recipients = unique_email_list
(@recipients,@cc,@bcclist);
651 @recipients = (map { extract_valid_address
($_) } @recipients);
652 my $date = format_2822_time
($time++);
653 my $gitversion = '@@GIT_VERSION@@';
654 if ($gitversion =~ m/..GIT_VERSION../) {
655 $gitversion = Git
::version
();
658 my $cc = join(", ", unique_email_list
(@cc));
661 $ccline = "\nCc: $cc";
663 my $sanitized_sender = sanitize_address
($sender);
664 make_message_id
() unless defined($message_id);
666 my $header = "From: $sanitized_sender
670 Message-Id: $message_id
671 X-Mailer: git-send-email $gitversion
673 if ($thread && $reply_to) {
675 $header .= "In-Reply-To: $reply_to\n";
676 $header .= "References: $references\n";
679 $header .= join("\n", @xh) . "\n";
682 my @sendmail_parameters = ('-i', @recipients);
683 my $raw_from = $sanitized_sender;
684 $raw_from = $envelope_sender if (defined $envelope_sender);
685 $raw_from = extract_valid_address
($raw_from);
686 unshift (@sendmail_parameters,
687 '-f', $raw_from) if(defined $envelope_sender);
690 # We don't want to send the email.
691 } elsif ($smtp_server =~ m
#^/#) {
692 my $pid = open my $sm, '|-';
693 defined $pid or die $!;
695 exec($smtp_server, @sendmail_parameters) or die $!;
697 print $sm "$header\n$message";
701 if (!defined $smtp_server) {
702 die "The required SMTP server is not properly defined."
706 $smtp_server_port ||= 465; # ssmtp
707 require Net
::SMTP
::SSL
;
708 $smtp ||= Net
::SMTP
::SSL
->new($smtp_server, Port
=> $smtp_server_port);
712 $smtp ||= Net
::SMTP
->new((defined $smtp_server_port)
713 ?
"$smtp_server:$smtp_server_port"
718 die "Unable to initialize SMTP properly. Is there something wrong with your config?";
721 if (defined $smtp_authuser) {
723 if (!defined $smtp_authpass) {
731 } while (!defined $_);
733 chomp($smtp_authpass = $_);
738 $auth ||= $smtp->auth( $smtp_authuser, $smtp_authpass ) or die $smtp->message;
741 $smtp->mail( $raw_from ) or die $smtp->message;
742 $smtp->to( @recipients ) or die $smtp->message;
743 $smtp->data or die $smtp->message;
744 $smtp->datasend("$header\n$message") or die $smtp->message;
745 $smtp->dataend() or die $smtp->message;
746 $smtp->ok or die "Failed to send $subject\n".$smtp->message;
749 printf (($dry_run ?
"Dry-" : "")."Sent %s\n", $subject);
751 print (($dry_run ?
"Dry-" : "")."OK. Log says:\n");
752 if ($smtp_server !~ m
#^/#) {
753 print "Server: $smtp_server\n";
754 print "MAIL FROM:<$raw_from>\n";
755 print "RCPT TO:".join(',',(map { "<$_>" } @recipients))."\n";
757 print "Sendmail: $smtp_server ".join(' ',@sendmail_parameters)."\n";
761 print "Result: ", $smtp->code, ' ',
762 ($smtp->message =~ /\n([^\n]+\n)$/s), "\n";
764 print "Result: OK\n";
769 $reply_to = $initial_reply_to;
770 $references = $initial_reply_to || '';
771 $subject = $initial_subject;
773 foreach my $t (@files) {
774 open(F
,"<",$t) or die "can't open file $t";
778 my $has_content_type;
782 my $input_format = undef;
788 $input_format = 'mbox';
792 if (!defined $input_format && /^[-A-Za-z]+:\s/) {
793 $input_format = 'mbox';
796 if (defined $input_format && $input_format eq 'mbox') {
797 if (/^Subject:\s+(.*)$/) {
800 } elsif (/^(Cc|From):\s+(.*)$/) {
801 if (unquote_rfc2047
($2) eq $sender) {
802 next if ($suppress_cc{'self'});
804 elsif ($1 eq 'From') {
805 ($author, $author_encoding)
806 = unquote_rfc2047
($2);
807 next if ($suppress_cc{'author'});
809 next if ($suppress_cc{'cc'});
811 printf("(mbox) Adding cc: %s from line '%s'\n",
812 $2, $_) unless $quiet;
815 elsif (/^Content-type:/i) {
816 $has_content_type = 1;
817 if (/charset="?[^ "]+/) {
822 elsif (/^Message-Id: (.*)/i) {
825 elsif (!/^Date:\s/ && /^[-A-Za-z]+:\s+\S/) {
831 # "send lots of email" format,
834 # So let's support that, too.
835 $input_format = 'lots';
836 if (@cc == 0 && !$suppress_cc{'cc'}) {
837 printf("(non-mbox) Adding cc: %s from line '%s'\n",
838 $_, $_) unless $quiet;
842 } elsif (!defined $subject) {
847 # A whitespace line will terminate the headers
853 if (/^(Signed-off-by|Cc): (.*)$/i) {
854 next if ($suppress_cc{'sob'});
857 next if ($c eq $sender and $suppress_cc{'self'});
859 printf("(sob) Adding cc: %s from line '%s'\n",
860 $c, $_) unless $quiet;
866 if (defined $cc_cmd && !$suppress_cc{'cccmd'}) {
867 open(F
, "$cc_cmd $t |")
868 or die "(cc-cmd) Could not execute '$cc_cmd'";
873 next if ($c eq $sender and $suppress_from);
875 printf("(cc-cmd) Adding cc: %s from: '%s'\n",
876 $c, $cc_cmd) unless $quiet;
879 or die "(cc-cmd) failed to close pipe to '$cc_cmd'";
882 if (defined $author) {
883 $message = "From: $author\n\n$message";
884 if (defined $author_encoding) {
885 if ($has_content_type) {
886 if ($body_encoding eq $author_encoding) {
887 # ok, we already have the right encoding
890 # uh oh, we should re-encode
896 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=$author_encoding",
897 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit';
904 # set up for the next message
905 if ($chain_reply_to || !defined $reply_to || length($reply_to) == 0) {
906 $reply_to = $message_id;
907 if (length $references > 0) {
908 $references .= "\n $message_id";
910 $references = "$message_id";
917 cleanup_compose_files
();
920 sub cleanup_compose_files
() {
921 unlink($compose_filename, $compose_filename . ".final");
925 $smtp->quit if $smtp;
927 sub unique_email_list
(@
) {
931 foreach my $entry (@_) {
932 if (my $clean = extract_valid_address
($entry)) {
934 next if $seen{$clean}++;
935 push @emails, $entry;
937 print STDERR
"W: unable to extract a valid address",
946 open(my $fh, '<', $fn)
947 or die "unable to open $fn: $!\n";
948 while (my $line = <$fh>) {
949 if (length($line) > 998) {
950 return "$.: patch contains a line longer than 998 characters";