From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 27 16:25:18 2009 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 7BCF81065918 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 16:25:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85F238FC0C for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 16:25:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so4863917bwz.43 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 09:25:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=kv9geLg1li1N9j+xf+i9/L4tLw+tsz+qAiiUh4IQM7o=; b=GZZCz/ND6+oUDbnC7KiP72MMlNEer+G0in1cKfAOq98Y6vVEyafvU4DUOXWvK0lX+I OdFR6aVe0bxGRuuhLOz7qS2kWgfKl1xCVMTYr06RIERzDOxep4npkTTfho14cAZKOyR/ UwYsostuRsYJPoaTpOwX6z63FPIGuO7dY+RSI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SC35uMBJPZNcSv6Ri2/xED7lS39uvY6rgEs0G34H/E6H+JwijgeDQTCEVf6ZvHOb3O PrjT9QHYeG662Luz3/BUywB2Y+x8+XOjPQIshRL5e4b0j5YzKJ0qLaMObAytCjme6m7w /Nd36riY9pDZp1fniT3LXlZ0gtuq3s98eBoj0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.116.15 with SMTP id k15mr136158bkq.118.1243441516140; Wed, 27 May 2009 09:25:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Chris Rees Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 17:24:56 +0100 Message-ID: To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Patching? Probably a trivial question, but... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:25:19 -0000 Er, I also need to learn that reply-all skill! This'll make for easy understanding in the Archives.... 2009/5/27 Kurt Buff : > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 08:48, Chris Rees wrote: >> 2009/5/27 Kurt Buff : >>> All, >>> >>> I've gotten a patch for a program in the ports tree from one of the >>> authors of the program - not the port maintainer - to fix a small >>> problem, but don't know how to install the updated port. >>> >>> I cd'ed into the >>> /usr/ports/%CATEGORY%/%PROGRAM%/work/%PROGRAM-VERSION% directory, then >>> performed 'patch >> >>> Then I did a make, but got no output. >>> >>> So - I'm obviously lacking clue here. Anyone have a spare set? >>> >>> Kurt >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> Which directory did you run the make in? >> >> Chris > > /usr/ports/%CATEGORY%/%PROGRAM% > There's the easy fix out the window. Perhaps you should try Wojciech's idea, and put the patch in the /u/p/c/n/files/ directory. Does that work? Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?