Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:29:41 -0400 From: "Walter Venable" <weaseal@hotmail.com> To: wjw@withagen.nl, barner@in.tum.de Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: submitting changes to a port Message-ID: <BAY18-F11NVH0Pd32Yf000e787e@hotmail.com>
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There are also wonderful tools just for port submitters. Check out the
"porttools" port.
Walter Venable
>From: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@withagen.nl>
>To: barner@in.tum.de
>CC: ports@freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: submitting changes to a port
>Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:08:16 +0200
>
>Simon Barner wrote:
>
>>the common way is to
>>- make a copy of the port's directory (e.g. ports/category/ports.orig)
>>- modify the port (ports/category/port) until you're satisfied
>>- submit the output of
>>
>>
>>
>>cd ports/category && diff -ruN port.orig port
>>
>>
>Before or after
> make extract
> make patch
> make
>
>You see there lies my question. I've also don the original port, but it did
>not work on amd64.
>And thus we will be seeing possibly 2 patches for one file if I do the diff
>after "make patch".
>So I would expect to have diffs to the original source
>
>>in a problem report (don't forget to Cc: the maintainer (if it's
>>
>>
>>!= ports@FreeBSD.org)).
>>
>>
>I'm the maintainer. But I do not have cvs-rights, nor would I want to have.
>
>>>2) I need a TMP directory to install some of the tools in, as they are
>>>needed as bootstrap for other tools to build.
>>> Now I've got a variable TMP which is currently set to /tmp.
>>> Where/how should I do that?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>You should do that in a subdirectory of ${WRKSRC}, e.g.
>>${WRKSRC}/bootstrap (this directory is guaranteed to be writable for
>>you port, and it's cleaned automaticalle in the ``make clean'' stage.
>>
>>
>So ${WRKSRC}/tmp would do the trick.
>
>Thanx, for helping me out,
>--WjW
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