- open(my $fh, '<', $fn)
- or die sprintf(__("unable to open %s: %s\n"), $fn, $!);
- while (my $line = <$fh>) {
- if (length($line) > 998) {
- return sprintf(__("%s: patch contains a line longer than 998 characters"), $.);
+ # Any long lines will be automatically fixed if we use a suitable transfer
+ # encoding.
+ unless ($xfer_encoding =~ /^(?:auto|quoted-printable|base64)$/) {
+ open(my $fh, '<', $fn)
+ or die sprintf(__("unable to open %s: %s\n"), $fn, $!);
+ while (my $line = <$fh>) {
+ if (length($line) > 998) {
+ return sprintf(__("%s: patch contains a line longer than 998 characters"), $.);
+ }