From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 22 00:40:58 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FA4C16A4B3 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 00:40:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00F3B43FCB for ; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 00:40:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: from freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cimlogic.com.au (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8M7hTmj035935; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:43:29 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8M7hSBU035934; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:43:28 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:43:28 +1000 From: John Birrell To: Rob Lahaye Message-ID: <20030922074328.GC34649@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> References: <3F6E73DD.2050605@snu.ac.kr> <3F6E9433.7090205@ciam.ru> <3F6EA566.4030605@snu.ac.kr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F6EA566.4030605@snu.ac.kr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to patch and fix a broken port? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:40:58 -0000 On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 04:31:50PM +0900, Rob Lahaye wrote: > OK, I checked out the send-pr man pages: > SYNOPSIS > send-pr [ site ] [ -f problem-report ] [ -t mail-address ] > [ -P ] [ -L ] [ -s severity ] [ -V ] > [ --version ] [ -c address ] [ -a file ] > > There's lots of talking about 'category' in the man pages, but where > does that go into the send-pr command line? Or is 'category' the same > as 'site'? If so, why using two different words for the same thing !?! > > Would this, for example do: > > send-pr ports -f "myComplaint.txt" -s "Critical problems" \ > -a "myPatch.diff" -c "theMaintainer@somewhere.org" > > > The man pages say that the 'site' value is defined in aliases. > But I have nothing like that in my aliases file. > Also, the man pages do not provide enough info on values for 'severity'. This article might give you a better explanation: -- John Birrell