From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 19 20:06:43 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02A03106566B for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:06:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from blue.stonehenge.com (cl-52.chi-02.us.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:4978:f:33::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7D3D8FC31 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:06:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1E2821DE17B; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:06:42 -0700 (PDT) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100319170159.GB71392@slackbox.erewhon.net> <20100319200130.GE265@comcast.net> From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.17.3.12; tzolkin = 10 Eb; haab = 10 Cumku Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:06:41 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20100319200130.GE265@comcast.net> (Charlie Kester's message of "Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:01:30 -0700") Message-ID: <86k4t8cbzi.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Elegant way to hack port source X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:06:43 -0000 >>>>> "Charlie" == Charlie Kester writes: Charlie> Whenever I modify a port like this, I usually make a copy of it under Charlie> root's home directory and install it from there. That way, I can keep Charlie> my copy of the portstree in complete synch with the official one, and Charlie> there's no need to worry about updates quashing my changes. It also Charlie> provides a quick-and-dirty way to see which ports I've modified. Isn't that also what /usr/ports/local is for? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion