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Date:      Wed, 3 Dec 2008 06:45:51 +1100
From:      John Marshall <john.marshall@riverwillow.com.au>
To:        "freebsd-ports@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Proposal: mechanism for local patches
Message-ID:  <20081202194551.GC45319@rwpc12.mby.riverwillow.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <20081202180743.GB70240@hades.panopticon>
References:  <gh1l3n$22rv$1@hairball.ziemba.us> <20081202180743.GB70240@hades.panopticon>

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On Tue, 02 Dec 2008, 21:07 +0300, Dmitry Marakasov wrote:
> I think the most convenient way of implementing this is having
> a directory hierarchy (either two level ${CATEGORY}/${PORTNAME}/patch-*)
> or single level ${PORTNAME}/patch-*) and a single variable that makes
> port system look there for patches in addition to ${PATCHDIR}.

Or keep local patches under /var/db/ports/<port> rather than building a
new tree?

-- 
John Marshall



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