From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 22 00:17:31 2011 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 CBD9A106564A for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:17:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andyzammy@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8844D8FC13 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:17:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vcbf13 with SMTP id f13so104682vcb.13 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:17:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=RNTyGy809XhLA4HLDihFy39s/HpsuJALgSyexvgguAU=; b=YAnCNH+k48PuWcymvNsUU5hshYeb3x3hRSw5mqfdk2mwY2aBnsspMs/s3LwNODUbrG YsiE9ZuBY7Dh2eZhac5o4ntkc6EPdtaini3pM4Jb9ZMQCRG6yoiG+jeVk3nXtmNGUEJN kmkiLDNta5yCPBPSVGEU6Pt5fHod7x6g/E04g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.27.72 with SMTP id r8mr1160437vdg.140.1316649087763; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:51:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.161.228 with HTTP; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:51:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:51:27 +0100 Message-ID: From: Andy Zammy To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Dynamic Window Manager install with patch(es) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:17:31 -0000 Hi all, First time poster to the lists! Using dwm, loving the minimalism and it's forcing me to learn stuff the hard way which is all good. But I can't seem to figure out how to apply a patch to it. According to the instructions listed here: http://dwm.suckless.org/patches/ I figured I'm to use the "tarball method" as that's how ports fetches dwm. I tried applying the method to /usr/ports/x11-wm/dwm/work/dwm-5.9 but it didn't work (malformed patch). I've used ubuntu for about a year but for all intents and purposes I'm still a beginner with UNIX-like, and I've never used patch or diff before. But, I remembered that these are ports and wonder if these patches would work on FreeBSD source? Would I have to apply the patch to the tarball while it's in distfiles before it gets 'ported' to freebsd? Or am I talking crazy? Any help would be appreciated. andy