Date: 22 Sep 2003 06:22:20 -0400 From: Dan Pelleg <daniel+bsd@pelleg.org> To: Rob Lahaye <lahaye@snu.ac.kr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to patch and fix a broken port? Message-ID: <u2sfzipdswz.fsf@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3F6E8536.8010609@snu.ac.kr> References: <3F6E8536.8010609@snu.ac.kr>
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Rob Lahaye <lahaye@snu.ac.kr> writes: > Hi, > > I have never done this. So I apologize for my ignorant questions... > > Last week I discovered that the molden port is broken in many ways > (md5 sum wrong, Mesa depence absent & install broken). I reported > it to the freebsd-ports mailing list and to the maintainer. I even > attached a sort of patch that fixed the build in a followup email, > but never got any response, nor has the port been fixed. > > So what to do with broken ports like that? > > I can imagine that ports are broken and remain broken if nobody > ever uses them or installs them. But as soon as a port is noticed > as broken, it is necessary to get it fixed. > > How is the general procedure to get this done? > > Please bare with me: I'm mainly a port user. I know how to install > ports etc. I have no idea about generating and maintaining ports. > > So here we go again: the molden port is broken, but easy to fix > (see my earlier emails about the molden port on the freebsd-ports > mailing list). > > Regards, > Rob. File a PR, and wait. Eventually someone will take care of it. As for the technical guidlines, see the porter's handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/ -- Dan Pelleg
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