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Date:      Fri, 12 Jan 2001 21:03:59 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: RFC: tool to automate common operations with patchfiles
Message-ID:  <3A5F551E.BF4052CD@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <Pine.BSI.4.30.0101121345001.29277-100000@blues.jpj.net>

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Trevor Johnson wrote:

> I adapted a similar utility, written by Marc Espie for OpenBSD, as
> ports/Tools/scripts/update-patches.  It is slightly broken, mostly because
> I tried to make it work without a target in bsd.port.mk.  I think PW is
> willing to add such a target, but has been too busy.  Christian Weisgerber
> sent in a patch for update-patches, which I'll apply soon.  I don't see
> why we can't have two such utilities.

IMHO my utility is much more functional. Please compare features side-by-side
and you will see why I want to add it to the toolbox. After all, what you can
expect from the shell script, which update-patches essentially is, both in
terms of functionality and extensibility? ;).

-Maxim





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