Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:40:05 GMT From: "Jason" <jhelfman@experts-exchange.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/147268: Imporve Porters Handbook section 4.4 - Patching Message-ID: <201009022040.o82Ke5N7020856@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/147268; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Jason" <jhelfman@experts-exchange.com> To: bug-followup@freebsd.org Cc: aldis@bsdroot.lv Subject: Re: docs/147268: Imporve Porters Handbook section 4.4 - Patching Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:21:14 -0700 --- book.sgml 2010-08-25 02:55:41.000000000 -0700 +++ book.sgml 2010-09-02 13:18:58.000000000 -0700 @@ -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> </sect1> <sect1 id="slow-configure">
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