Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:40:03 GMT From: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/147268: Imporve Porters Handbook section 4.4 - Patching Message-ID: <201009022040.o82Ke3gv020843@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/147268; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, aldis@bsdroot.lv
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Subject: Re: docs/147268: Imporve Porters Handbook section 4.4 - Patching
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:28:35 -0700
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@@ -735,6 +735,16 @@
<programlisting>USE_DOS2UNIX= yes
DOS2UNIX_REGEX= .*\.(c|cpp|h)</programlisting>
+
+ <para>If you want to create a patch file based off of an original
+ file, you can copy the original file to a <emphasis>.orig</emphasis>
+ extension and then modify the original file. Run <maketarget>makepatch
+ </maketarget>, and this will write out an appropriate patch file
+ to the files directory of the port. If you feel the &os; community
+ would benefit from your patch, you
+ may <ulink
+ url="&url.base;/send-pr.html">submit a problem report</ulink> for
+ consideration.</para>
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