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Date:      Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:25:30 -0600
From:      Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Patching problem
Message-ID:  <1412F25E9E8FD0831426A6E0@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
In-Reply-To: <43D560BE.5040707@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <D7B25AB7C48991A6558EB00E@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <43D560BE.5040707@FreeBSD.org>

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--On Monday, January 23, 2006 15:03:26 -0800 Doug Barton 
<dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Paul Schmehl wrote:
>> I'm working on a slave port that applies some patches that are not
>> needed in the master port.
>>
>> Three of the files being patched are op_sguil.c, op_sguil.h and
>> op_plugbase.c.  Those files exists in WRKDIR/src/output-plugins when the
>> tarball is extracted.  How should I name these patches so that they will
>> be applied?
>
> Take a look at EXTRA_PATCHES In the porter's handbook. I used this method
> to include a patch from the windowmaker distribution in that port.
>
EXTRA_PATCHES is for *fetching* patches from more than one location.  I 
don't need to fetch patches.  I need to apply the ones that I've created.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/



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