Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 14:29:10 +0200 From: Eric Devolder <eric.devolder@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: how to recompile a port in a clean maneer? Message-ID: <f0531c170510050529k107742felc2ef228de426be57@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi there, I'm newby to FreeBSD. I'm using FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE #0 and here is my wish= : I would like to fetch the sources for an old port release ( I know I can grab it from ftp-archive.freebsd.org <http://ftp-archive.freebsd.org>; but I don't know how to fetch the sources with freebsd command line tools), chang= e the makefile and/or patch the source, recompile and possibly make a package (.tgz) to be installed somewhere else. My specific questions are: * how to fetch the source code of a port? and especially from another release? * how to unpack, change the makefile, compile? * how to package it again? I've gone through various manuals, without any success so far (at least I'v= e got cvsup installed, that's maybe a start...) Thanks Eric
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