Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 05:46:02 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Tamar Lea <tamarlea@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patching php port Message-ID: <20081001124602.GA21491@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <1ab57dc80810010514h69f6e773l3449f87894b4c065@mail.gmail.com> References: <1ab57dc80810010337i646141e2hfabf00cf2aae186c@mail.gmail.com> <20081001110656.GA18892@icarus.home.lan> <1ab57dc80810010514h69f6e773l3449f87894b4c065@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 01:14:03PM +0100, Tamar Lea wrote: > Thanks for your reply, Jeremy. I now understand why it didn't work, but I > have absolutely no idea how to edit configure.in. I have only just figured > out what my patch is doing today. I think it would be easier to tell the > makefile to modify configure after the autoconf, but I don't know how to do > that either. This is the patch I wish to apply: Welcome to the pains of the GNU autotools! Here's what you'll need: http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/index.html You should be able to examine the configure.in file and "reverse engineer" how to accomplish what you need. Remember: it's just a mix of sh, m4, and macros. Don't let it diminish your morale. :-) -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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