Elegant way to hack port source

[Alejandro Imass]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Roland Smith <rsmith at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:35:30PM -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to modify a file from a port before building. Specifically, the
[...]
>
> Add the patch to the files/ directory of the port. The patch should be
> relative to the main source directory of the port, e.g. work/foo-x.y for the
> foo port. Use a name for the patch that doesn't exist yet.
>
> After creating the patch, use chflags to set the uschg and uunlnk flags for
> your patch. This way, if the port is updated, your patch cannot be
> removed. But you might need to update it.
>

Thanks! Worked like a charm!!!
Nevertheless, now there is another bug :-(

Cheers!
Alejandro Imass


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