On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 09:06:45AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > Not if you 'chflags schg,sunlnk' it. > > If you add another file into a ports' files directory that cvsup knows > nothing about, then cvsup will refuse to touch it. No need for chflags > in that case. If you need to make local modifications to a file already > in that directory, then yes, cvsup will replace it with the canonical > version next time you update. > > 'portsnap extract' or 'portsnap update' will however blow away local > additions in the part of the ports tree it is operating on -- there are > clear warnings to that effect in the man page. chflags will preserve > your changes in this case, but my guess is that portsnap might well > abort in the middle of what it's doing if it runs into an immutable file.
It hasn't aborted on me yet. But these days I tend to keep my own patches separately, and re-apply them if necessary after a portsnap. Just to make sure I don't screw things up. :-/ Having said that, I usually try to get changes accepted into the official ports tree if possible. Saves a lot of hassle. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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