Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 05:06:28 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: Tadimeti Keshav <keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: modifying makefiles Message-ID: <40601A34.40906@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <20040323072511.21547.qmail@web25006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <20040323072511.21547.qmail@web25006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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Tadimeti Keshav wrote: >hi >SInce I am behind a modem, I downloaded my fav ports >(source files) and copied them to >/usr/ports/distfiles. > Yea im behind a modem too at home (and a firewall) (in a VMware VM) but I can still download the src ppackages in freebsd..... whats this have to do with anything, why can't you download? >Some of the makefiles in the ports target a higer >version of the application than I have, and some the >lower version. >I made the changes in the makefile and adjusted the >MD5 values in the distinfo file, but make fails in the >patch section. Is there a way around this (i know it >is ugly) other than downloading from the net? > > I would just stop right there before you dig yourself into a deeper hole and fuge the system all up, have you read the handbook latey?: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html What about the FAQ too?: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html We also have a whole page just for newbies: http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html And we even have man pages too: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi
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