Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 21:43:30 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> To: krinklyfig@spymac.com Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to remove a patch from a port? Message-ID: <20041019214330.5ea1de30@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <200410181506.55316.krinklyfig@spymac.com> References: <200410181506.55316.krinklyfig@spymac.com>
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On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:06:55 -0700 Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> wrote: > I'm wondering how to remove a custom patch for a port. I am sort of new > at this, but I've managed to learn how to patch a port and upgrade it > for testing. But I'm not at all sure how to remove that patch if need > be. What I've been doing is removing a chunk of the ports tree with > cd /usr/ports && rm -rf */*portname* and then cvsup'ping again, but > this doesn't seem right or very efficient. I've read the man page for > patch, but the only thing I can come up with is the reverse option, > which I must admit I don't totally understand. Can anyone explain this > in a way that makes sense? If I understand what you want correctly, all you have to do is to rename the patch from: /usr/ports/cat/your_port/files/patch-you_want_not_applied to something that does not begin with 'patch'. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
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