Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:42:26 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what are patches ? Message-ID: <42041672.9090303@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <ef60af0905020416362733ef5d@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef60af0905020416242ee9cac3@mail.gmail.com> <42041327.7020107@makeworld.com> <ef60af0905020416362733ef5d@mail.gmail.com>
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Gert Cuykens wrote: > On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:28:23 -0600, Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote: > >>Gert Cuykens wrote: >> >>>They are all located under files right ? But what are they and what do they do ? >> >>Patch what's not correct. >> > > > Then there are alot of things broken in the ports if you ask me :) I > bet there are more patches then source files :) > > Why does freebsd require so many patches ? cant the compiler figure it > out what needs to be done ? > > Not totally true. May be patches to add new things, maybe patches to make it work a certain way under certain hardware etc. -- Best regards, Chris No matter how large the work space, if two projects must be done at the same time they will require the same part of the work space.
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