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Date:      Wed, 1 Oct 2008 05:46:02 -0700
From:      Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Tamar Lea <tamarlea@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Patching php port
Message-ID:  <20081001124602.GA21491@icarus.home.lan>
In-Reply-To: <1ab57dc80810010514h69f6e773l3449f87894b4c065@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <1ab57dc80810010337i646141e2hfabf00cf2aae186c@mail.gmail.com> <20081001110656.GA18892@icarus.home.lan> <1ab57dc80810010514h69f6e773l3449f87894b4c065@mail.gmail.com>

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On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 01:14:03PM +0100, Tamar Lea wrote:
> Thanks for your reply, Jeremy. I now understand why it didn't work, but I
> have absolutely no idea how to edit configure.in. I have only just figured
> out what my patch is doing today. I think it would be easier to tell the
> makefile to modify configure after the autoconf, but I don't know how to do
> that either. This is the patch I wish to apply:

Welcome to the pains of the GNU autotools!  Here's what you'll need:

http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/index.html

You should be able to examine the configure.in file and "reverse
engineer" how to accomplish what you need.  Remember: it's just a mix of
sh, m4, and macros.  Don't let it diminish your morale.  :-)

-- 
| Jeremy Chadwick                                jdc at parodius.com |
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| UNIX Systems Administrator                  Mountain View, CA, USA |
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