> On 7. Dec 2020, at 17:54, Kevin Reid <kpr...@switchb.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 3:10 AM Dominik Reichardt <domi...@gmail.com > <mailto:domi...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I need to test whether a patch for cairo helps for a severe crash bug when > you build against it with macOS SDK 11.0. > (see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/-/issues/420 > <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/-/issues/420> and the pull > request !52 <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/-/merge_requests/52>) > > As Cairo, its dependencies as well as GTK+3 (+ dependencies) is all done via > MacPorts, I wonder if I can do this via local port file + local code. I dimly > remember doing something like this years ago and I didn’t need to do all of > the 4.6. Local Portfile Repositories > <https://guide.macports.org/chunked/development.local-repositories.html> > steps (and especially where and how to reference local source repository > alludes me). > > To install a single modified port, all you need to do is have the Portfile > (and any patches, etc.) in some directory, then run sudo port install (with > no port name argument) from that directory.
Thank you, that helps the first step, but does it need to be a patch with source in the net, or can I manage this with local source as well?
