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Date:      23 Nov 2002 20:45:05 -0600
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: making source code changes to a port ?
Message-ID:  <87smxrhej2.fsf@pooh.lan.honeypot.net>
In-Reply-To: <20021123180213.R46279-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
References:  <20021123180213.R46279-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>

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At 2002-11-24T02:05:42Z, Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> writes:

> that is, how can I get the port to download and unpack all the work into
> port/work directory but not actually install anything until I finish with
> the edits, ect?  then after that I would go do the `make install`.

There are other targets than just "install", "deinstall", and "clean".  For
example, this should do what you want:

    cd /usr/ports/my/program; make patch
    cd work/program-1.2.3
    vi file.c
    cd ../..
    make install
-- 
Kirk Strauser
In Googlis non est, ergo non est.

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