From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 27 15:48:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF22410656AD for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 15:48:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59E1A8FC14 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 15:48:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so4835849bwz.43 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 08:48:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=PiLehp9ijXjSanoIBsoLYk7GFVbOHnBgaP27r1G9FcI=; b=bihVonzOOYTAnFrPChLkVASEIfOSfi8QdiCTcT1XZuxwDtzvlFcFGyGAB8kyBzKBs+ R2RNZnGkasyJQ6mgC2izvVuf06Ym4zUfulE8bMsjVivu66Kcj4nA/8z4uitr3VJb6mbP 1YdTmHpkmmMWWULXwtkB6hIvqT2x4f/OM2M/4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=BuPNxnsXL0EmhkMlEbtSk/09DxuJIbcQcar8zzYTmbT+tdunUriykQPAqTCguP//Xf pLKoYkGBouwGFBGYGCHajuvBs0CriM9gNvGDSq7ONaueYIURtHwgd48z8qUnWQv9jQyG FajoPScqRfAgDEFfG8W62yFjR6hag4WsHE6so= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.77.102 with SMTP id f38mr116274bkk.62.1243439329140; Wed, 27 May 2009 08:48:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Chris Rees Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:48:29 +0100 Message-ID: To: Kurt Buff , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Patching? Probably a trivial question, but... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 15:48:51 -0000 2009/5/27 Kurt Buff : > All, > > I've gotten a patch for a program in the ports tree from one of the > authors of the program - not the port maintainer - to fix a small > problem, but don't know how to install the updated port. > > I cd'ed into the > /usr/ports/%CATEGORY%/%PROGRAM%/work/%PROGRAM-VERSION% directory, then > performed 'patch > Then I did a make, but got no output. > > So - I'm obviously lacking clue here. Anyone have a spare set? > > Kurt > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Which directory did you run the make in? Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?