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Date:      Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:34:01 +0200
From:      Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Cc:        Galen Yalch <gyalch@nwrg.com>
Subject:   Re: Patch creation question
Message-ID:  <200408250034.01183.4711@chello.at>
In-Reply-To: <010701c48a24$e5c3b2c0$9b01a8c0@nwrg.local>
References:  <010701c48a24$e5c3b2c0$9b01a8c0@nwrg.local>

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On Tuesday 24 August 2004 23:54, Galen Yalch wrote:
> I am trying to apply the autocreate INBOX patch to the cyrus imap port and
> can't figure out how to create the patch file.  I ahve downloaded the .di=
ff
> file but I can't find out how to create a patch file from this.  Any help
> would be great.  Thanks.

Normally the .diff file _is_ the patch file. Try "man 1 patch" and=20
"man 1 diff". =20

If you want to patch a ported application via the ports system a good start=
ing=20
point is the Porter's Handbook:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-patc=
h.html

Cheers,
ch

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