From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 23 01:18:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7FFF16A4CE for ; Sun, 23 May 2004 01:18:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.droso.net (koala.droso.net [193.88.12.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4229843D39 for ; Sun, 23 May 2004 01:18:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from erwin@mail.droso.net) Received: by mail.droso.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 534A82285D; Sun, 23 May 2004 10:18:32 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 10:18:32 +0200 From: Erwin Lansing To: Christopher Nehren Message-ID: <20040523081832.GD67736@droso.net> Mail-Followup-To: Christopher Nehren , FreeBSD Ports List References: <20040523073152.GA41861@prophecy.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040523073152.GA41861@prophecy.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD/i386 5.2.1-RELEASE-p1 cc: FreeBSD Ports List Subject: Re: Anyone mind to host an optional patch for a new port? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 08:18:32 -0000 --HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 03:31:52AM -0400, Christopher Nehren wrote: > I'm currently working on making a port of PLP (http://plp.juerd.nl) and > I have an optional, experimental patch that allows PLP to work with > mod_perl 2.x via its compatibility interface. Due to the highly > experimental nature of the patch, I don't want to include it as a > standard patch and want it to be specified as optional. From my > understanding of bsd.port.mk and from glancing at other ports > (mutt-devel helped me a lot), it appears that such patches need to be > retrieved from a remote site. I don't have the resources with which to > host this patch, so does anyone volunteer to host it? Or is there some > convenient port magic that I've missed that would allow me to store it > in files/ (which makes more sense to me, anyway -- obviates the > possibility of the patch going bye-bye when a server goes offline) ? > Thanks to anyone in advance, whether you offer a home for my patch or a > workaround. >=20 You can just put it in files/ with a name that doesn't start with patch- and use EXTRA_PATCHES. Have a look at how e.g. textproc/p5-Text-RecordParser does it. Good luck, -erwin --=20 _._ _,-'""`-._ Erwin Lansing (,-.`._,'( |\`-/| erwin@lansing.dk http://droso.org `-.-' \ )-`( , o o) erwin@FreeBSD.org -bf- `- \`_`"'- --HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAsF5Yqy9aWxUlaZARAjrLAJ4uhcOon/JZf8VwfFS0Y3W1Hf7YgQCglvmO 81TJXLVkkKHkt8IXkY8Mt1g= =66xd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HG+GLK89HZ1zG0kk--