Er, I also need to learn that reply-all skill! This'll make for easy understanding in the Archives....
2009/5/27 Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com>: > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 08:48, Chris Rees <utis...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> 2009/5/27 Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com>: >>> All, >>> >>> I've gotten a patch for a program in the ports tree from one of the >>> authors of the program - not the port maintainer - to fix a small >>> problem, but don't know how to install the updated port. >>> >>> I cd'ed into the >>> /usr/ports/%CATEGORY%/%PROGRAM%/work/%PROGRAM-VERSION% directory, then >>> performed 'patch <patch-name' successfully, AFAICT. >>> >>> Then I did a make, but got no output. >>> >>> So - I'm obviously lacking clue here. Anyone have a spare set? >>> >>> Kurt >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> Which directory did you run the make in? >> >> Chris > > /usr/ports/%CATEGORY%/%PROGRAM% > There's the easy fix out the window. Perhaps you should try Wojciech's idea, and put the patch in the /u/p/c/n/files/ directory. Does that work? Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
