Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 21:08:01 -0700 From: Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Porters Handbook section 4.4 Message-ID: <CABx9NuSC=tVieJ=dk6%2BFucvfEfNGHCRMuHcy%2BNxo9QW%2BtS8-gA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, Section 4.3 of the porters handbook talks about making modifications to a private copy of a tarball and recording the steps. Section 4.4 talks about changing directories into the affected ports dir and running make makepatch to generate patch files. I am unsure how the makepatch target is supposed to find my private directory. Since I was confused, I created patches, added them to the port, ran make, then ran make makepatch and the system re-generated new "makepatch" patches. So, my question is thus: To me, section 4.4 seems vague about where changes should be made, which is compounded by the information in section 4.3. Can the makepatch target ask for and find a private directory, or should the handbook be clarified to state that the changes should be made to the 'work' folder? If the later is true, I assume there is some proper workflow to keep changes from being destroyed while testing? If there is a section in the handbook clarifying this, please just say so and I will go find it. Thanks! Russ
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