Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 17:24:56 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Patching? Probably a trivial question, but... Message-ID: <b79ecaef0905270924r63a8af6dn3a640a9f14dcec95@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0905270915i2f08096eid7f457838bdef484@mail.gmail.com> References: <a9f4a3860905270821h31c36b9fh25389f79ee33c29@mail.gmail.com> <b79ecaef0905270848q638718es53e9405be2eec8bc@mail.gmail.com> <a9f4a3860905270905n179fd13eyf82af07c15ea9d29@mail.gmail.com> <b79ecaef0905270915i2f08096eid7f457838bdef484@mail.gmail.com>
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Er, I also need to learn that reply-all skill! This'll make for easy understanding in the Archives.... 2009/5/27 Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com>: > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 08:48, Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> wrote: >> 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 > > /usr/ports/%CATEGORY%/%PROGRAM% > There's the easy fix out the window. Perhaps you should try Wojciech's idea, and put the patch in the /u/p/c/n/files/ directory. Does that work? 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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