Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:52:31 +0700 (ICT) From: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> To: fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com Cc: bob@tania.servebbs.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Personalised patches in ports Message-ID: <200711260452.lAQ4qVuN098618@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <20071123032011.57dcfc96@gumby.homeunix.com.> (message from RW on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:20:11 %2B0000) References: <20071121221955.10f80f09@tania.servebbs.org> <20071123032011.57dcfc96@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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Hi, > > How can I incorporate my patch into the portupgrade system, so that an > > upgrade of Xpdf will apply my patch? If I download the bzip file, > > apply the patch, re-bzip the sources, and then try to force an > > upgrade, the checksum fails (as expected). > > > > How does one do thes properly? > > It's actually much easier than in Linux, since the ports system already > has to do this. Each port has a files directory into which you can put > patches, which will get applied automatically each time you build. See > the porter's handbook for details: But wouldn't that personnal patch file be erased by next cvsup of the ports? Best regards, Olivier
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