From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 27 11:05:33 2004 Return-Path: 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 6D9D116A4CE for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:05:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from post.web.ca (post.web.ca [192.139.37.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F32843D78 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 11:05:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rob@web.ca) Received: by post.web.ca (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 500D77A4F; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:05:16 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:05:16 -0500 From: Rob Ellis To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040127190516.GP57848@web.ca> Mail-Followup-To: Rob Ellis , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Tracking local port hacks? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 19:05:33 -0000 We sometimes find it necessary to make some small change to a port before installing it, and need a way to track/merge these changes as ports are updated. Is there a recommended way of doing that? The cvsup faq (http://www.cvsup.org) suggests that it's possible to get sources in "cvs mode" and it has some suggestions for managing a local branch. Is that the best way to do it? Anyone know how BIG the ports tree is if we get it via cvsup in "cvs mode"? Thanks. - Rob