Proposal: mechanism for local patches

John Marshall john.marshall at riverwillow.com.au
Tue Dec 2 12:01:02 PST 2008


On Tue, 02 Dec 2008, 21:07 +0300, Dmitry Marakasov wrote:
> I think the most convenient way of implementing this is having
> a directory hierarchy (either two level ${CATEGORY}/${PORTNAME}/patch-*)
> or single level ${PORTNAME}/patch-*) and a single variable that makes
> port system look there for patches in addition to ${PATCHDIR}.

Or keep local patches under /var/db/ports/<port> rather than building a
new tree?

-- 
John Marshall


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