From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 3 02:21:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA22969 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 02:21:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail12.digital.com (mail12.digital.com [192.208.46.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA22962 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 02:21:16 -0800 (PST) From: garyj@frt.dec.com Received: from cssmuc.frt.dec.com by mail12.digital.com (8.7.5/UNX 1.5/1.0/WV) id FAA13330; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 05:12:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost by cssmuc.frt.dec.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/14Nov95-0232PM) id AA08355; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 11:12:44 +0100 Message-Id: <9612031012.AA08355@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: Peter Mutsaers Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message from Peter Mutsaers of 02 Dec 96 07:55:21 +0100. Reply-To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Subject: Re: CTM, -current and patches Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 03 Dec 96 11:12:43 +0100 X-Mts: smtp Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 .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