On 2011-11-07, Vadim Zhukov <persg...@gmail.com> wrote: > But I see patch-like adjustments in ports, including fresh ones, being > run in pre-configure. What's the point there? Some examples:
One reason is so you can "make patch" and then "make update-patches" without pulling in a load of automated substitutions for LOCALBASE/ SYSCONFDIR, etc., which you then have to un-apply.
