Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 09:21:36 -0700 From: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: Patching? Probably a trivial question, but... Message-ID: <a9f4a3860905270921w416f211br23aa78b8698ec4eb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <a9f4a3860905270920k8680332u6ca00fe4544d0f51@mail.gmail.com> References: <a9f4a3860905270821h31c36b9fh25389f79ee33c29@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905271753170.52750@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <a9f4a3860905270920k8680332u6ca00fe4544d0f51@mail.gmail.com>
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I really should learn to hit reply-all on these lists... Kurt On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 08:54, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: >> >> 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 That didn't seem to work. However, I've deleted the work directory after placing patch as you suggested, and am watching 'make' do its thing - after starting script to record the session. I should be able to examine that and see if it does as you think. Kurt
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