Patching ports
Hi How do I add a patch to a certain port? Usually I would use the patch program to add the patch to the source code. But when using ports the system begins compiling right after rewtrieving the source. Thus not giving me a change to apply the patch. I've seen a folder named files in which patches part of the port seem to be located. But just adding the patchfile here apperently wont do much good. I've tried using the PATCHFILES variable in the Makefile but then the system complains the my patchfile does not have a matching MD5 hash. Does anyone know how to handle this issue? - Mikkel ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Patching ports
Mikkel Christensen wrote: Hi How do I add a patch to a certain port? Usually I would use the patch program to add the patch to the source code. But when using ports the system begins compiling right after rewtrieving the source. Thus not giving me a change to apply the patch. I've seen a folder named files in which patches part of the port seem to be located. But just adding the patchfile here apperently wont do much good. I've tried using the PATCHFILES variable in the Makefile but then the system complains the my patchfile does not have a matching MD5 hash. Does anyone know how to handle this issue? The manual way to patch stuff is this: make extract cd work/any other subdirs you need to cd into patch the source cd back to the port dir make make extract will fetch the tarball and extract it into the work directory. There you can patch it to your heart's content and return to do make when done. You can also do make patch instead of make extract - this will do the extract step and also apply any patches provided by FreeBSD. It's a matter of whether you want to apply your patches before or after the FreeBSD patches. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Patching ports
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:11:22PM +, Mikkel Christensen wrote: How do I add a patch to a certain port? Usually I would use the patch program to add the patch to the source code. But when using ports the system begins compiling right after rewtrieving the source. Thus not giving me a change to apply the patch. I've seen a folder named files in which patches part of the port seem to be located. But just adding the patchfile here apperently wont do much good. I've tried using the PATCHFILES variable in the Makefile but then the system complains the my patchfile does not have a matching MD5 hash. Does anyone know how to handle this issue? When building a port you can type: # make extract which will download any sources, check the size and checksums, unpack the sources into the work directory and apply any patches that come with the port. And then stop. At this point you can make whatever modifications you wish to yourself, and then finish off the build by # make So long as your patch doesn't add or delete files from the expected packing list then just doing a: # make install will work. It is also possible to put your patch file into the port's files directory and have it automatically applied, but you need to take care to account for the order that patch files get applied. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Patching ports
On Wednesday 05 May 2004 12:29, Matthew Seaman wrote: On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 12:11:22PM +, Mikkel Christensen wrote: How do I add a patch to a certain port? Usually I would use the patch program to add the patch to the source code. But when using ports the system begins compiling right after rewtrieving the source. Thus not giving me a change to apply the patch. I've seen a folder named files in which patches part of the port seem to be located. But just adding the patchfile here apperently wont do much good. I've tried using the PATCHFILES variable in the Makefile but then the system complains the my patchfile does not have a matching MD5 hash. Does anyone know how to handle this issue? When building a port you can type: # make extract which will download any sources, check the size and checksums, unpack the sources into the work directory and apply any patches that come with the port. And then stop. At this point you can make whatever modifications you wish to yourself, and then finish off the build by # make So long as your patch doesn't add or delete files from the expected packing list then just doing a: # make install will work. It is also possible to put your patch file into the port's files directory and have it automatically applied, but you need to take care to account for the order that patch files get applied. Thank you both for a quick and explaning reply. The last par of your answer brings up a short question though. Will patch-files automatically be run if they are placed in the files folder? It did not seem that way when I tried but I might have done something wrong:) - Mikkel ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Patching ports
Hi,
How do I add a patch to a certain port? Usually I would use the patch
program to add the patch to the source code. But when using ports the
system begins compiling right after rewtrieving the source. Thus not
giving me a change to apply the patch. I've seen a folder named files
in which patches part of the port seem to be located. But just adding
the patchfile here apperently wont do much good. I've tried using the
PATCHFILES variable in the Makefile but then the system complains the
my patchfile does not have a matching MD5 hash. Does anyone know how to
handle this issue?
You can use ``make patch'' to extract the port and apply existing
FreeBSD patches to it. Now you can create your own local patches
(relative to ${WRKDIR} which is
/usr/ports/category/portname/work/portname-version-mumble by
default), and put them into into the files subdirectory of your port.
Please note, that the FreeBSD port system will ignore patches that do
not start with the ``patch-'' prefix (you could use the EXTRA_PATCHES
macro to work around or exploit that fact) (``grep'' the ports
tree for examples)
You can find more information on how to work on the ports collection in
the porters handbook:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html
file:///usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html
One last side remark:
If you think that your patches are useful for either the FreeBSD or the
whole open source community, it would be really nice if you sent them as
a problem report (send-pr(1), see the porter's handbook) or to the author
of the software.
Regards,
Simon
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