Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 19:46:47 -0500 From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net> To: "Gary Kline" <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to submit port updates (Re: ports/18502: Mutt is now at 1.2) Message-ID: <001c01bfbbab$96840760$8dfee0d1@westbend.net> References: <200005120005.RAA84611@tao.thought.org>
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From: "Gary Kline" <kline@tao.thought.org> > According to Scot W. Hetzel: Patrick Seal sugested another way to insert the patch. I have amended the procedure as follows: > > 1. Make a copy of the original port (muuz) > > > > cp -rp muuz muuz.orig > > > > 2. Make changes to port (muuz) > > > > 3. Create a diff between the original and the changed version. > > > > diff -ruN muuz.orig muuz > muuz.patch > > > > 4. Use send-pr to create Problem Report > > 5. Move to the end of the PR (after 'Fix:') and insert your patch (vi command) (As sugested by Patrick Seal) :r muuz.patch 6. Quit out of the editor (vi), you'll then be asked to send, edit or abort the PR. > > > > 9. Use send to submit your PR > > > > There's probably an easier way to generate and submit the PR, but I am not > > sure what the vi command is to insert text from a file. > > > > Thank you; this fits exactly:: a cookbook-style howto. Once > I've done this procedure a few times the edges (reasons, whys, > and wherefores) will become clear. > Scot To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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