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Date:      Wed, 27 May 2009 17:54:52 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Patching? Probably a trivial question, but...
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905271753170.52750@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <a9f4a3860905270821h31c36b9fh25389f79ee33c29@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <a9f4a3860905270821h31c36b9fh25389f79ee33c29@mail.gmail.com>

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> 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 think it's best to add your patch to /usr/ports/blah/blah/files

with name patch-something

look at existing as an example



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