From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 5 2:39:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39F7637B401 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 02:39:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4355F43E4A for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 02:39:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from lilith.bellavista.cz ([10.1.0.1]) by bellavista.cz (8.9.3/8.9.8) with ESMTP id LAA01546 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:38:54 +0100 Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by lilith.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AD7E246 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 12:37:30 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1A47F2FDAD7; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:38:53 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:38:52 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: patching a file Message-ID: <20021205103852.GV56031@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <1039016799.61750.9.camel@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu> <20021204162203.GB83234@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021204162203.GB83234@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk / 2002-12-04 16:22:03 +0000: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 09:46:40AM -0600, Kirk R. Wythers wrote: > > Problem is, I confused over how to apply a patch to something in the > > ports system. My ports tree is up to date, but I dont't see the source > > in /usr/ports/converters/recode that the patch should be applied to. > > Also, running "file" on /usr/ports/distfiles/recode-3.6.tar.gz returns > > "file is empty". I thought that I could unpack the tarball manually > > apply the patch, then tar it back up and build the port. I seem to be > > all wet on this. > > No --- the source tarball will be downloaded to /usr/ports/distfile > (make fetch) from whence it will be compared to the pre-recorded > checksum (make checksum), and then untarred into the work directory make extract > and the patches applied (make unpack). make patch or has it changed lately? -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message