From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 22:19:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2661A1065678 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 22:19:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail1.sourcehosting.net (113901-app1.sourcehosting.net [72.32.213.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06D448FC20 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 22:19:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from 68-189-244-97.dhcp.oxfr.ma.charter.com ([68.189.244.97] helo=Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local) by mail1.sourcehosting.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1KdBYa-000GZX-Tt; Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:19:34 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (fireball.entropy.prv [192.168.1.12]) by Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A099249684C; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 18:19:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <48C6F676.8050901@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:19:34 -0400 From: Greg Larkin Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linda Messerschmidt References: <237c27100809091212t3d840b02k4e64e8d718f7ff8d@mail.gmail.com> <48C6D575.3080602@FreeBSD.org> <237c27100809091512ibdcdd4g8e6bb7836cf3903b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <237c27100809091512ibdcdd4g8e6bb7836cf3903b@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=1C940290 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.2 (-) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Local patches to ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: glarkin@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:19:36 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linda Messerschmidt wrote: > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Greg Larkin wrote: > >> I would recommend setting up a local Tinderbox installation: >> http://tinderbox.marcuscom.com/ > > > Wow, it looks like a lot of work, but if we can finally build everything in > one place, with our local patches and then get portupgrade -PP to work > reliably everywhere else, that would be worth the effort. I'll check it > out! > > Thanks! > > -LM Hi Linda, It may not be so much work for you, once I finish the pre-installed Tinderbox VMware virtual machine that I'm working on. When it's done, I plan to release it into the wild for port maintainers, committers and anyone else who wants to use it. TB does take a bit of configuration, so I thought this might be a good way to get folks using it and reaping its benefits. Regards, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIxvZ20sRouByUApARAl5BAJ9IRV/SIJ2KlTK+42SiSEEjSqqNYACfVm1q ifnlRNTe2PfhVnLURb/w95w= =M+om -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----