Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:38:52 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: patching a file Message-ID: <20021205103852.GV56031@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <20021204162203.GB83234@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <1039016799.61750.9.camel@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu> <20021204162203.GB83234@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
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# m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk / 2002-12-04 16:22:03 +0000:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:46:40AM -0600, Kirk R. Wythers wrote:
> > Problem is, I confused over how to apply a patch to something in the
> > ports system. My ports tree is up to date, but I dont't see the source
> > in /usr/ports/converters/recode that the patch should be applied to.
> > Also, running "file" on /usr/ports/distfiles/recode-3.6.tar.gz returns
> > "file is empty". I thought that I could unpack the tarball manually
> > apply the patch, then tar it back up and build the port. I seem to be
> > all wet on this.
>
> No --- the source tarball will be downloaded to /usr/ports/distfile
> (make fetch) from whence it will be compared to the pre-recorded
> checksum (make checksum), and then untarred into the work directory
make extract
> and the patches applied (make unpack).
make patch
or has it changed lately?
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