Date: Tue, 03 Dec 96 11:12:43 +0100 From: garyj@frt.dec.com To: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CTM, -current and patches Message-ID: <9612031012.AA08355@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> of 02 Dec 96 07:55:21 %2B0100.
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plm@xs4all.nl writes: > Hi, > > I run -current (sometimes) via CTM. Now I need some special patches > (for ISDN on one system and PCMCIA on another) but then the checksums > for CTM will fail and thus CTM updates will fail. > > How do others stay current and use patches to the standard source > code? Is using CVS (and using cvs-current instead of src-current, or > CVsup) the only way? > just copy the original file to <file-name>.ctm. ctm will then use this when it has to apply patches. This works quite well, I have a number of files which I've modified. The only problem is noticing when the original file was changed and then looking at the mods for applicability to your version (a good example is /sys/conf/files for me). --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org
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