From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 5 23:00:01 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0630B1D5 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 23:00:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B996A14A8 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 23:00:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s15N00rK033249 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 23:00:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s15N00EV033248; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 23:00:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 23:00:00 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201402052300.s15N00EV033248@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Ondra Knezour Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AA744AA9 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:50:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldred.freebsd.org (oldred.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9418A1389 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:50:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldred.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.6]) by oldred.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s15MoRrK087616 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:50:27 GMT (envelope-from nobody@oldred.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by oldred.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id s15MoRwu087615; Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:50:27 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201402052250.s15MoRwu087615@oldred.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:50:27 GMT From: Ondra Knezour To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Subject: docs/186499: The Porters Handbook - better diff description X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 23:00:01 -0000 >Number: 186499 >Category: docs >Synopsis: The Porters Handbook - better diff description >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Feb 05 23:00:00 UTC 2014 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ondra Knezour >Release: >Organization: >Environment: >Description: In the 4.4 Patching section of the Porters Handbook first sentence reads as "In the preparation of the port, files that have been added or changed can be picked up with a diff(1) for later feeding to patch(1)." Inexperienced porter who just started trying may not know which diff options should be used (tested on myself) and default output of diff file new_file can not be used because paths of the files are missing. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Someone better in both the english and ports maintaining than me may suggest change describing appropriate diff usage. I, as inexperienced person, would consider useful something like: Before changing file make copy of it. Later you can produce patch with command diff [-some-magic-options-here] file.original file.changed > patch.file which can be placed to PATCHDIR to be later fed to patch. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: