Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 09:36:16 -0700 (PDT) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: alex@big.endian.de Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: patches/ handling Message-ID: <200006081636.JAA49176@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <20000605184259.A21736@cichlids.cichlids.com> References: <20000605184259.A21736@cichlids.cichlids.com>
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In article <20000605184259.A21736@cichlids.cichlids.com>,
Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> wrote:
>
> Can the patches/ directory handling be changed?
>
> It's defenitely bad to have tons of same patches in patches.{arch} if
> only _one_ patch differs.
>
> Can't we just change the behaviour to:
>
> * Suck in patches from a master-patch dir, patches/
> * _THEN_ patch with platform specific patches?
I would really like to see this change too. The current scheme is a
pain for the various Modula-3 ports.
John
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John Polstra jdp@polstra.com
John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA
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