Re: [MacPorts] howto/PatchLocal modified

2014-04-13 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Apr 13, 2014, at 19:48, MacPorts wrote: > Page "howto/PatchLocal" was changed by j...@opus1.com > Diff URL: > > Revision 7 > Comment: I tried "port patch xxx-devel" as recommended, and this tried to > fetch "xxx-devel"

Re: [MacPorts] howto/PatchLocal modified

2012-10-06 Thread Jeremy Lavergne
> We should not be suggesting that users put ports in /usr/local/ports. > Although doing so won't cause any problems, installing libraries in > /usr/local/lib or headers in /usr/local/include does, and therefore our > standing policy is to not support users installing files in /usr/local, and >

Re: [MacPorts] howto/PatchLocal modified

2012-10-06 Thread Ryan Schmidt
On Oct 6, 2012, at 01:38, MacPorts wrote: > Page "howto/PatchLocal" was changed by macports@ch.pkts.ca > Diff URL: > > Revision 3 > Comment: Incorporated changes from Rainer Müller > Changes: > ---8<--8<--8<-

Re: [MacPorts] howto/PatchLocal modified

2012-10-05 Thread MK-MacPorts
On Oct 5, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Rainer Müller wrote: > We should avoid documenting the same things at multiple places (as we > experienced with our installation instructions as they are now shattered > across the wiki, the website and the guide in different versions). For +1 > I have no preference whe

Re: [MacPorts] howto/PatchLocal modified

2012-10-05 Thread Rainer Müller
Hey, this is regarding your addition to the MacPorts wiki at https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/PatchLocal First of all, this is a great idea for a tutorial. Thank you for your contribution. However, I have some notes on this topic: Users should not apply patches directly in sources synced fro