Thank you Chuck, now I better understand what's behind this. Maybe just a side question: Can I "refresh" the files contained in /usr/ports with the one of an older release? for example, I would like to use ports from 4.3 while I'm running a 4.11 for now. Of course, my /usr/ports reflects only ports for 4.11. How can I replace them with the 4.3 ones?
- Eric 2005/10/6, Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Eric Devolder wrote: > [ ... ] > > My specific questions are: > > * how to fetch the source code of a port? and especially from another > > release? > > cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix # or whatever port you want > make fetch > > If you want to fetch a different version of the port, you can change the > Makefile in the port's directory, along with anything else that may be needed > (the patches under files will need to be adjusted, if any, etc). > > > * how to unpack, change the makefile, compile? > > make extract > cd work > cd _path_ # this depends on the port and version, then edit files > # cd back to the top-level port directory > make > > > * how to package it again? > > make package > > -- > -Chuck > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
