From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 29 23:08:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9E791065687 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:08:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adaugherity@tamu.edu) Received: from vpr-mailsrv1.tamu.edu (vpr-mailsrv1.tamu.edu [165.91.114.160]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84DCC8FC17 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:08:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adaugherity@tamu.edu) Received: from vpr-groupwise-domain-MTA by vpr-mailsrv1.tamu.edu with Novell_GroupWise; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:08:56 -0500 Message-Id: <48E119A8.2389.00F2.0@vprmail.tamu.edu> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 7.0.2 HP Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:08:40 -0500 From: "Andrew Daugherity" To: References: <48DA385B.2389.00F2.0@vprmail.tamu.edu> <48DDE42D.3050006@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <48DDE42D.3050006@delphij.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: feasibility of updating databases/mysql41-server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:08:57 -0000 >>> Xin LI 09/27/08 2:43 AM >>>=20 Andrew Daugherity wrote: > Is it feasible (both license-wise and technically) to have a mirror of = a 4.1.24 bzr checkout in tarball form somewhere, so the port can be built? Yes, but for this case I think the more preferred way would be to obtain the fix from repository and apply it in files/ as a patch. This makes reviewing the code much easier. Thanks for the guidance. I have pulled the fix from the bzr repo and = filed a PR, ports/127731. -Andrew