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Subject: Porting patch(1) from NetBSD to FreeBSD (was Re: FreeBSD in Google
 Code-In 2012? You can help too!)
From: hiren panchasara <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com>
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[removing the CC list]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> wrote:

> (cc'ing -ports and cutting most of the rest)
>
> > From: Eitan Adler
> .>
> >On 24 October 2012 13:24, Fernando Apestegu=C3=ADa wrote:
> >> Also related to that, what about writing a section about redports[1]
> >> in the porter's handbook[2]?
> >
> >This is a good documentation task... but we need more *coding* tasks as
> well.
> >
>
> We do need to port and test patch (1) from NetBSD or DragonFly to replace
> GNU patch, and this shouldn't be difficult.
>

Hi Pedro / List,

I am not part of google summer of code but I've tried to port patch(1) from
NetBSD into FreeBSD head. I hope that is okay.

Patching was trivial and It _seems_ to be working fine.

I would appreciate any ideas around how to test the changes and how to
proceed further.

Thanks,
Hiren