-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linda Messerschmidt wrote: > Hello, > We use Apache 1.3 on FreeBSD and for a long time, we have maintained our own > build process separate from the ports collection because we have some local > patches. > > These are accounting patches, of interest to no one but us, so I have no > chance of getting anyone upstream to ever adopt them, but they are very > important to us. > > After our last upgrade to 7-STABLE (7.1-PRERELEASE) our local build process > started producing broken binaries but the port has patches and one of them > makes it work. So, this seems like a good time to replace our build process > with the ports collection. > > What's the best way to preserve our local patches and our custom > configuration flags, and get them to apply to each new update of the port? > > Thanks! > > -LM
Hi Linda, I would recommend setting up a local Tinderbox installation: http://tinderbox.marcuscom.com/ Once you get it installed, you can configure it to call user-defined hook scripts at various points, such as after a ports tree update. When fired, your script can patch in your changes before the build starts. Before I knew about Tinderbox, I once set up a local ports tree in /usr/ports/local. In that directory, I created whatever port directory I needed, such as /usr/ports/local/www/apache13, and created a small Makefile to override some settings and then include the base port Makefile. That worked reasonably well, but I don't think I ever tested whether a local port upgraded cleanly. I'm leaning more and more toward the Tinderbox methodology, especially as I work on a process for auto-provisioning FreeBSD virtual machines. I like the fact that it builds all dependent ports and you can keep multiple build trees for different purposes. All of the packages live in a well-defined area, and portupgrade -PP should work for performing binary upgrades. Hope that helps, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIxtV10sRouByUApARAlGrAJ9RfslTysp3XIiV/kY3mfBRcuo0SQCfWvcu +d89pMd9zWdLL0+c4kQspH0= =YxFf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
