From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 25 6:36:48 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FDD237B401 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 06:36:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9187243EA9 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 06:36:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz ([10.1.0.1]) by bellavista.cz (8.9.3/8.9.8) with ESMTP id PAA14446; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:36:30 +0100 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A57F02FDAB2; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:36:29 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:36:29 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Scott Robbins Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: making source code changes to a port ? Message-ID: <20021125143629.GE77198@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Scott Robbins , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021123180213.R46279-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> <20021124032542.GB2486@scottro11.homeunix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021124032542.GB2486@scottro11.homeunix.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # scottro@nyc.rr.com / 2002-11-23 22:25:42 -0500: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 06:05:42PM -0800, Josh Brooks wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > that is, how can I get the port to download and unpack all the work into > > port/work directory but not actually install anything until I finish with > > the edits, ect? then after that I would go do the `make install`. > > I just do make extract which will fetch and extract the file--then I cd > into the work directory (in my case, there's a patch for fluxbox that I > have to apply to Basemenu.cc), apply the patch, then do make install. the sources might get (are more often than not) patched with FreeBSD-specific deltas. your changes could cause patch(1) to fail. Paul Beard's sequence avoids this by letting the port apply its patches first. -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message