Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:52:54 +0200 From: Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> To: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@withagen.nl> Cc: "ports@freebsd.org"@glhnet.mhn.de Subject: Re: submitting changes to a port Message-ID: <20040910125254.GA4486@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> In-Reply-To: <41418E58.4070101@withagen.nl> References: <41418E58.4070101@withagen.nl>
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> I've two questions:
>=20
> 1) How do I submit the new set of patches???
> a) new diffs to the orignal sources
> b) extra diffs to the previously patched set of sources
> c) diffs against the old diffs?
>
> [I think I read the answer somewhere in the porters manual, but I'm not=
=20
> able to find it again :( ]
Hi,
the common way is to
- make a copy of the port's directory (e.g. ports/category/ports.orig)
- modify the port (ports/category/port) until you're satisfied
- submit the output of
cd ports/category && diff -ruN port.orig port
in a problem report (don't forget to Cc: the maintainer (if it's
!=3D ports@FreeBSD.org)).
>=20
> 2) I need a TMP directory to install some of the tools in, as they are=20
> needed as bootstrap for other tools to build.
> Now I've got a variable TMP which is currently set to /tmp.
> Where/how should I do that?
You should do that in a subdirectory of ${WRKSRC}, e.g.
${WRKSRC}/bootstrap (this directory is guaranteed to be writable for
you port, and it's cleaned automaticalle in the ``make clean'' stage.
HTH,
Simon
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