On 1/19/07, Paul Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Greetings again. I have a two-part question that may be a ports FAQ,
but I couldn't find such a beast.
(1) For a particular port, I need to change the the MAKE_ENV to make
it build the way I want. What is the proper way to do this that will
live beyond the next time I do a cvsup? That is, editing the Makefile
works just fine, but I want something that will live if the Makefile
gets reverted.
Use the sysutils/portconf port and define the apporiate variable in
PREFIX/etc/ports.conf.
(2) For a particular port, I need to patch a particular source file.
This is a patch that will probably be in a future release. Same
question as above: what's the proper way to do this that will live
beyond the next cvsup? I know how to use 'patch' to apply patches,
but not yet to create them.
To create a patch you first need to create a backup of the original
file, then create the diff.
cp file.c file.c-orig
<make changes to file.c
diff -u file.c-orig file.c > patch-file.c
Then place the patch file into /usr/ports/<category>/<portname>/files.
Scot
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