Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 12:34:07 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any use to build from source? Message-ID: <40DEF6FF.9030703@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <86n02qm2q3.fsf@rumba.de.uu.net> References: <40D33478.3060705@vo.lu> <AC26CF26-C159-11D8-99B8-003065ABFD92@mac.com> <86n02qm2q3.fsf@rumba.de.uu.net>
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Kai Grossjohann wrote: > Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> writes: >> Oh, yes. The first time you run into a problem and fix it yourself, >> or make a change to the programs to add some feature that you want, >> you will discover the serious advantages. >> >> However, if you never try to fix bugs or write code for yourself, then >> you aren't going to gain nearly as much from using source compared >> with using precompiled binaries. > > How does one deal with local changes in the software when installing > as a port? One way is to put your local changes into files/patch-aa [1] using diff format. Other times it's as simple as defining some environment variables by passing them into make, via /etc/make.conf, etc. -- -Chuck [1]: Choose whatever name seems appropriate, perhaps files/patch-src-file.c; the patch-aa naming convention works fine but is depricated.
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