Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:41:30 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: patching a file Message-ID: <20021205114130.GA91742@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <20021205103852.GV56031@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <1039016799.61750.9.camel@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu> <20021204162203.GB83234@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <20021205103852.GV56031@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 11:38:52AM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> # 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?
I'm right about 'make checksum', but I must yeild the point to you
over 'make extract' and 'make patch'. You're right, and I should have
looked at the ports(7) man page before sending.
Cheers,
Matthew
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