Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:14:10 +0100 From: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> To: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> Cc: freeBSD-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modifying a port and keeping the mods across updates Message-ID: <45B26A02.1040405@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <p06240841c1d75354626b@[10.20.30.108]> References: <p06240841c1d75354626b@[10.20.30.108]>
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Paul Hoffman wrote: > Greetings again. I have a two-part question that may be a ports FAQ, but > I couldn't find such a beast. > > (1) For a particular port, I need to change the the MAKE_ENV to make it > build the way I want. What is the proper way to do this that will live > beyond the next time I do a cvsup? That is, editing the Makefile works > just fine, but I want something that will live if the Makefile gets > reverted. A more flexible alternative to portsconf is contained in sysutils/bsdadminscripts. > (2) For a particular port, I need to patch a particular source file. > This is a patch that will probably be in a future release. Same question > as above: what's the proper way to do this that will live beyond the > next cvsup? I know how to use 'patch' to apply patches, but not yet to > create them. You create patches with diff.
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