Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 13:08:36 +0000 From: Matt Dawson <matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: linux_base-8 upgrade requires immediate testing Message-ID: <200412241308.36966.matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20041224140040.6620fd73@Magellan.Leidinger.net> References: <200412240943.10143.matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk> <20041224140040.6620fd73@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
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On Friday 24 Dec 2004 13:00, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:43:09 +0000
> If you use "patch --quiet </path/to/linux.diff" it should only print
> something in case something goes wrong. In your case it should print
> something, since pkg-install.in is in the patch but not in your patched
> tree. I thought that patch will create missing directories for you, but
> it seems this isn't the case. So you have to create the files directory
> in the port on your own before you apply the patch (search for a stray
> pkg-install.in file in your ports tree ("find /usr/ports -name
> pkg-install.in\* -print"), it think it's there somewhere and you can just
> copy it into the right directory).
Hi Alexander,
You're not wrong. Apologies to the list for the noise. I had not applied the
patch correctly the first time around. Now everything not only builds, but
works flawlessly.
I think I'll go hide in a corner and read the patch manpage ten times ;-)
--
Matt Dawson.
matt@mattsnetwork.co.uk
MD2657-RIPE OpenNIC M_D9
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