Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 22:39:35 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clarification about redports.org Message-ID: <CAGwOe2ZAoaUMGTH_Vz0SCfT6DG_5evZZ0S5UzsHugPcX6%2B3N2Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADLo83_=LAe_=Ukr34D-7=7pqh8OYUWNiNZ-TFGL6yemySnwBQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGwOe2bj7d1q8muvXw7R9B_wbBXZjYONPJoaDPxNhkMY4Hk_fg@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo83_=LAe_=Ukr34D-7=7pqh8OYUWNiNZ-TFGL6yemySnwBQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 9 July 2012 19:19, Fernando Apestegu=EDa <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.co= m> wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I just created an account at redports.org. While reading the user >> guide, I found the following paragraph: >> >> "Notice: All ports in your repository replace the complete directory >> of the official ports whenever you build a port." >> >> I don't know if I understood correctly. Does it _really_ mean the >> directory of the official ports? The one users update for instance >> executing "freebsd-update fetch udpate"? > > No. What it means is that *when you test the tree* the ports tree is > mounted, and then your changes are applied to it (like a unionfs). > > This means that if you've modified a port that the tested port depends > on, that one will also be tested. > > For example: > > I use my redports account and commit some changes to net-p2p/transmission= -cli > > I want to test my changes to the slaves too, so I queue some builds > for net-p2p/transmission-daemon. > > These use the modified transmission-cli. It's much clearer now. Thanks! > > Chris
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