On Jun 2, 2015, at 3:00 PM, René J.V. Bertin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does that work when there are other patchfiles too, or at least when there's > only a single patchfile to be downloaded? Should work fine with multiple patches; just be sure to avoid overwriting `patchfiles`. In general, base will try to download any patches that don't exist in `filespath`. > Does one need a checksum (seems contradictory to using "master" as the patch > end-point...)? Yes, you need a checksum. You shouldn't use "master" or any symbolic reference; I only did so as an example. >> Use .diff instead of .patch. The latter produces mbox-formatted text; if the >> range covers multiple commits, you'll end up with mail header detritus >> interspersed throughout. Compare: > > I noticed that .patch leaves/includes the commit messages, which is usually > far from being 'detritus'. > They don't seem to cause any trouble to the patch command, though. Okay; I wasn't sure if patch could deal with them. vq _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
