-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi,
On 10/27/12 2:17 PM, hiren panchasara wrote: > [removing the CC list] > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Pedro Giffuni <p...@freebsd.org> > wrote: > >> (cc'ing -ports and cutting most of the rest) >> >>> From: Eitan Adler >> .> >>> On 24 October 2012 13:24, Fernando Apesteguía wrote: >>>> Also related to that, what about writing a section about >>>> redports[1] in the porter's handbook[2]? >>> >>> This is a good documentation task... but we need more *coding* >>> tasks as >> well. >>> >> >> We do need to port and test patch (1) from NetBSD or DragonFly to >> replace GNU patch, and this shouldn't be difficult. >> > > Hi Pedro / List, > > I am not part of google summer of code but I've tried to port > patch(1) from NetBSD into FreeBSD head. I hope that is okay. > > Patching was trivial and It _seems_ to be working fine. > > I would appreciate any ideas around how to test the changes and how > to proceed further. I've a version of OpenBSD patch(1) at: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/user/delphij/patch/ But I don't have much time to work on it lately, so I wouldn't mind if someone more energized to take over the lead :) Note that if this is intended to replace the current FreeBSD half-GNU patch(1), please make sure that the features are all in your version before proceeding. Cheers, -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJQjLx4AAoJEG80Jeu8UPuzfsgIAKRpxxX2+KYHeHNCiFOVOyd4 V39XPaVocxHajjtGagWTZ4VfFWKhWMwz2vl94wjApkBpDGpE6Vt6/17g8xyAZJ4a krNF+TobXR2LFjUffDgKBNwouwqxnaPk1fm3M0+HJJPCc+O79Im5pEZfOf3J1atV k4Z2qliYjphPXUFjq/6+vUWPt2N35OyxQAtDJrRWGD6j8sKE/uzmGF4jIKibY0Sx Z5wx3q06xdXpvHFFqKU7AZvTu0Jz22S2MEMTV+0OJdOAka8BDWsM9UwIlSdD90VT VgWjv3M0+eZLa7vxhXEzEw/uLfeDsBmuT7zq6CUHFRaMvVGLN99yZu97tpwvy6E= =sHUs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
