On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 04:45:51 -0700 Joshua Tinnin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 October 2004 04:10 am, Ion-Mihai Tetcu > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ ... ] > > > Sorry, let me explain a bit better. Someone posted a patch to > > > -ports to upgrade xfce4 to the latest version, and I was helping > > > test it. The patch covered several ports, and it had a few problems > > > and was updated by the patch author, but I wasn't quite sure how to > > > back out of it and retest an updated patch without having to cvsup > > > my ports tree and start over. But like I said, maybe there isn't > > > some other method I'm missing, and this is the way it's done ... > > > > Exactly where did you put this patch ? How did you applied it? it was > > a patch to the Makefile of the port or a patch for the source of the > > port ? > > It's a patch for the Makefiles of several ports in the xfce4 metaport, > so as to upgrade to the latest version. I patched it through > (essentially): > > cd /usr/ports && patch -E < /localpath/to/patch If you don't cvsup "quick" (cvsup -s) you shouldn't need to remove the Makefile, as cvsup will see the file has been changed; this is not true if you _add_ a file that is not in the cvs in a port_dir and it's not guaranteed to work if you use cvsup's -s switch. Usually when I have to test Makefile patches I: cp Makefile Makefile.cvs patch .. < /path/to/patch cp Makefile Makefile.patched Which enables me to restore the "official" Makefle or add my own diff's. -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
