On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:19:55 +0000 Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks: > > What is the approved method of applying personalised patches to ports > sources? > > A current example, which was no problem under Linux, is giving me a > bit of a hassle under FreeBSD> > > I use pdftotext extensively to translate pdf files to ascii text. > Sometimes, a publicly posted PDF file has it's security option turned > on, making pdftotext refuse to translate the file into text. > > It's a simple hack on the source code to skip security checking, and > under Linux I just patch the sources to not check for same. > > How can I incorporate my patch into the portupgrade system, so that an > upgrade of Xpdf will apply my patch? If I download the bzip file, > apply the patch, re-bzip the sources, and then try to force an > upgrade, the checksum fails (as expected). > > How does one do thes properly?
It's actually much easier than in Linux, since the ports system already has to do this. Each port has a files directory into which you can put patches, which will get applied automatically each time you build. See the porter's handbook for details: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-patch.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
