On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:37:59PM -0600, Scot Hetzel wrote: > On 1/19/07, Paul Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...] > >(2) For a particular port, I need to patch a particular source file. > >This is a patch that will probably be in a future release. Same > >question as above: what's the proper way to do this that will live > >beyond the next cvsup? I know how to use 'patch' to apply patches, > >but not yet to create them. > > > To create a patch you first need to create a backup of the original > file, then create the diff. > > cp file.c file.c-orig > <make changes to file.c > diff -u file.c-orig file.c > patch-file.c > > Then place the patch file into /usr/ports/<category>/<portname>/files. There is a makepatch target which will do the diff and place the output in the appropriate place for you. I stumbled across this a few weeks ago and it has already proved to be useful to me. :) -- WXS _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
