HEADS UP: linux_base-8 upgrade requires immediate testing

[Matt Dawson]

On Friday 24 Dec 2004 13:00, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:43:09 +0000

> If you use "patch --quiet </path/to/linux.diff" it should only print
> something in case something goes wrong. In your case it should print
> something, since pkg-install.in is in the patch but not in your patched
> tree. I thought that patch will create missing directories for you, but
> it seems this isn't the case. So you have to create the files directory
> in the port on your own before you apply the patch (search for a stray
> pkg-install.in file in your ports tree ("find /usr/ports -name
> pkg-install.in\* -print"), it think it's there somewhere and you can just
> copy it into the right directory).

Hi Alexander,
	You're not wrong. Apologies to the list for the noise. I had not applied the 
patch correctly the first time around. Now everything not only builds, but 
works flawlessly.

I think I'll go hide in a corner and read the patch manpage ten times ;-)

-- 
Matt Dawson.

matt at mattsnetwork.co.uk
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