Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:48:29 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Patching? Probably a trivial question, but... Message-ID: <b79ecaef0905270848q638718es53e9405be2eec8bc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <a9f4a3860905270821h31c36b9fh25389f79ee33c29@mail.gmail.com> References: <a9f4a3860905270821h31c36b9fh25389f79ee33c29@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/5/27 Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com>: > All, > > I've gotten a patch for a program in the ports tree from one of the > authors of the program - not the port maintainer - to fix a small > problem, but don't know how to install the updated port. > > I cd'ed into the > /usr/ports/%CATEGORY%/%PROGRAM%/work/%PROGRAM-VERSION% directory, then > performed 'patch <patch-name' successfully, AFAICT. > > Then I did a make, but got no output. > > So - I'm obviously lacking clue here. Anyone have a spare set? > > Kurt > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Which directory did you run the make in? Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?
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