From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Jan 14 20:46:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id UAA04263 for ports-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 20:46:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id UAA04167 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 20:44:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id PAA04650 for ports@freebsd.org; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 15:13:06 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701150443.PAA04650@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Tricky patch scenario... To: ports@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 15:13:05 +1030 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-ports@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've got a port I'm updating here, which now has a seperately-distributed patch file. The patch file is in .tar.Z.uue.txt format, ie. it's a uuencoded .tar.Z file, which extracts files into a seperate directory which then have to be copied over some old files in the original. Can anyone suggest a decent way of doing this? -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[