Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:06:33 -0400 From: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> To: HU Dong <itechbear@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Qestion about patching Message-ID: <20120820020633.GA13975@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <CAA96eVsc_6bQZ-aVYGvTp_Hju4nTyP_HZYs7mBdVX5KsuCNj9Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAA96eVsc_6bQZ-aVYGvTp_Hju4nTyP_HZYs7mBdVX5KsuCNj9Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:03:54AM +0800, HU Dong wrote:
> Hi!
> The porter's handbook says that "Note that if the path of a patched
> file contains an underscore (_) character, the patch needs to have two
> underscores instead in its name. For example, to patch a file named
> src/freeglut_joystick.c, the corresponding patch should be named
> patch-src-freeglut__joystick.c."
>
> Question: What if the file contains -
> charactor(src/freeglut-joystick.c)? Should the patch be
> patch-src-freeglut-joystick.c or patch-src-freeglut--joystick.c?
When applying a patch I get from upstream I apply it manually in
${WRKSRC} and then use 'make makepatch' from the port directory to
generate the appropriate filename in files for me.
-- WXS
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