From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG  Sat Jan 20 19:13:11 2007
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freeBSD-ports@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freeBSD-ports@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42F7616A408
	for <freeBSD-ports@freebsd.org>; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:13:11 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de)
Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 94A6813C45B
	for <freeBSD-ports@freebsd.org>; Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:13:10 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de)
Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 20 Jan 2007 19:13:08 -0000
Received: from nat-wh-1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (EHLO [192.168.1.12])
	[129.13.72.169]
	by mail.gmx.net (mp027) with SMTP; 20 Jan 2007 20:13:08 +0100
X-Authenticated: #5465401
Message-ID: <45B26A02.1040405@gmx.de>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:14:10 +0100
From: "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de>
Organization: Lords of Nightmare
User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070120)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com>
References: <p06240841c1d75354626b@[10.20.30.108]>
In-Reply-To: <p06240841c1d75354626b@[10.20.30.108]>
X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0
Cc: freeBSD-ports@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Modifying a port and keeping the mods across updates
X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD <freebsd-ports.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>,
	<mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports>,
	<mailto:freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 19:13:11 -0000

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.