Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2020 12:23:03 -0700 From: Chris <portmaster@BSDforge.com> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Porting Practice Message-ID: <86b7dd439d035b08160fa735057aa79d@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <CAJuc1zPnNTzjBZnt4FtugLUE7mK-baZbhyj0sByRMVo4zA5x5Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 13:07:53 +1200 Jonathan Chen jonc@chen=2Eorg=2Enz said > On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 12:47, Brandon helsley > <brandon=2Ehelsley@hotmail=2Ecom> wrote: > > > > I have gotten a couple of emails from portscout about ports that need u= pdated > > and maintained=2E Before I go about updating and maintaining these ports = I wanted > > to do some practice on a couple that I use like x11/nvidia-settings=2E I = have > > recieved alot of help on the forums and from the documentation, but i'm= still > > at a loss as to how the diff process works=2E > [=2E=2E=2E] >=20 > This is my personal workflow: > 1=2E Take a simple copy of the port into my working directory > 2=2E Get the port working in my working directory=2E > 3=2E cd my-working-directory > 4=2E diff -ruN /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-settings =2E > /tmp/nvidia-settings=2Epatc= h I believe that "svn diff" is the preferred method for generating patches=2E > 5=2E submit patch onto bugs=2Efreebsd=2Eorg >=20 > Hope that helps=2E > --=20 > Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen=2Eorg=2Enz> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd=2Eorg mailing list > https://lists=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd=2Eorg"
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