Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:06:41 -0700 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Elegant way to hack port source Message-ID: <86k4t8cbzi.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <20100319200130.GE265@comcast.net> (Charlie Kester's message of "Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:01:30 -0700") References: <a14066a01003190935t4bbef41esc44c60a5b00e6144@mail.gmail.com> <20100319170159.GB71392@slackbox.erewhon.net> <20100319200130.GE265@comcast.net>
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>>>>> "Charlie" == Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> writes: Charlie> Whenever I modify a port like this, I usually make a copy of it under Charlie> root's home directory and install it from there. That way, I can keep Charlie> my copy of the portstree in complete synch with the official one, and Charlie> there's no need to worry about updates quashing my changes. It also Charlie> provides a quick-and-dirty way to see which ports I've modified. Isn't that also what /usr/ports/local is for? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion
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