Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:33:16 +0800 From: HU Dong <itechbear@gmail.com> To: Wesley Shields <wxs@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Qestion about patching Message-ID: <CAA96eVtb7qR6F27SX2YNGXWvBAo4SBh2RbR66_kkgy46ZGFhHw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120820020633.GA13975@atarininja.org> References: <CAA96eVsc_6bQZ-aVYGvTp_Hju4nTyP_HZYs7mBdVX5KsuCNj9Q@mail.gmail.com> <20120820020633.GA13975@atarininja.org>
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On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Wesley Shields <wxs@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 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
>
It's really a smart way. Thank you!
--
B.R.
HU Dong
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