Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 13:15:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org>, Adam McDougall <mcdougall@ameritech.net>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: copying a file before patch and after extract Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980510131205.202A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980510014207.16302A-100000@localhost>
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On Sun, 10 May 1998, Chuck Robey wrote:
> > I suggest, though, that a better way to solve the problem (from a
> > stylistic perspective), is to make your patches apply to
> > Makefile.linux_alt. Then add
> >
> > MAKEFILE= Makefile.linux_alt
> >
>
> Can't patch a non-existent file, so he'd have to do a copy first.
No, he wanted to copy the _existing_ file "Makefile.linux_alt" to
the non-existing file "Makefile".
Patching "Makefile.linux_alt" directly and then just setting the
${MAKEFILE} to Makefile.linux_alt cleaner.
[Caveat: I may have completely misunderstood his question, but I
strongly doubt that :]
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