Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 02:14:20 +0000 (UTC) From: "G. Paul Ziemba" <pz-freebsd-ports@ziemba.us> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal: mechanism for local patches Message-ID: <gh4q1s$p3b$2@hairball.ziemba.us> References: <20081202194551.GC45319@rwpc12.mby.riverwillow.net.au>
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john.marshall@riverwillow.com.au (John Marshall) writes:
>On Tue, 02 Dec 2008, 21:07 +0300, Dmitry Marakasov wrote:
>> I think the most convenient way of implementing this is having
>> a directory hierarchy (either two level ${CATEGORY}/${PORTNAME}/patch-*)
>> or single level ${PORTNAME}/patch-*) and a single variable that makes
>> port system look there for patches in addition to ${PATCHDIR}.
>Or keep local patches under /var/db/ports/<port> rather than building a
>new tree?
Hmm. I haven't really understood the way directories get named in
/var/db/ports/ - what happens when there is a collision in the
base name of two ports? It seems less obvious than
/<foo>/${CATEGORY}/${PORTNAME}/
--
G. Paul Ziemba
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