Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:31:50 +0900 From: Rob Lahaye <lahaye@snu.ac.kr> To: Sergey Matveychuk <sem@ciam.ru>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to patch and fix a broken port? Message-ID: <3F6EA566.4030605@snu.ac.kr> In-Reply-To: <3F6E9433.7090205@ciam.ru> References: <3F6E73DD.2050605@snu.ac.kr> <3F6E9433.7090205@ciam.ru>
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Sergey Matveychuk wrote: > > > Rob Lahaye wrote: >> >> So what to do with broken ports like that? > > > Fill a PR and send it with send-pr(1). Don't forget Cc a port > maintainer. After a while (a week or more) if the maintainer doesn't > answer and doesn't fix the port ask here to commit your patch with "port > maintainer timeout" reason. > > Learn about PR from the handbook, porter's handbook and examples from > GNATS database (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi). > > Fill send-pr tidy and be sure you test the patch applying. 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'. Regards, Rob.
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