Re: Tracking local port hacks?

2004-01-28 Thread Rob Ellis
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 04:06:44PM -0600, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Jan 27), Erik Trulsson said: > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 02:05:16PM -0500, Rob Ellis wrote: > > > We sometimes find it necessary to make some small change to a port > > > before installing it, and need a way to track

Re: Tracking local port hacks?

2004-01-27 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jan 27), Erik Trulsson said: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 02:05:16PM -0500, Rob Ellis wrote: > > We sometimes find it necessary to make some small change to a port > > before installing it, and need a way to track/merge these changes > > as ports are updated. Is there a recommende

Re: Tracking local port hacks?

2004-01-27 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 02:05:16PM -0500, Rob Ellis wrote: > We sometimes find it necessary to make some small change to > a port before installing it, and need a way to track/merge > these changes as ports are updated. Is there a recommended > way of doing that? > > The cvsup faq (http://www.cvsu

Tracking local port hacks?

2004-01-27 Thread Rob Ellis
We sometimes find it necessary to make some small change to a port before installing it, and need a way to track/merge these changes as ports are updated. Is there a recommended way of doing that? The cvsup faq (http://www.cvsup.org) suggests that it's possible to get sources in "cvs mode" and it