Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:56:29 +0200 From: Inge Thorin Eidsæther <webdude@phreaker.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrading ports from sources outside ports tree Message-ID: <20020927195629.453ada98.webdude@phreaker.net>
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Hi all! General question: Does anyone know how to upgrade a port when the latest sources are available on the net, but haven't made it into the ports tree yet? Example: I need to rebuild mod_php4 (for Apache2) from the latest sources, because of a bug that (among other things) causes the file_exists function in php 4.2.3 to work incorrectly. The bug has been fixed in the latest sources, but these are (as far as I can tell) not in the FreeBSD ports tree yet. Is there some manual way to do it that does not require me to be an experienced programmer? I tried renaming the source tarball to that of the old one, and build with NO_CHECKSUM=yes (and WITH_APACHE2=yes), but the thing blew up complaining about patches that failed to apply cleanly. BTW: I know about portupgrade, but I guess it's not relevant here. Thanks for your kind help! Best regards, Inge Thorin Eidsaether webdude@phreaker.net *** This place reserved for witty comments *** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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