Re: workflow for managing ports patches against /usr/ports in poudriere

void wrote in <acal_3lhCUYvXjwj@int21h>:
> On IRC I've been advised to use overlays for this.
> So let's say there's a port and the patches for it aren't in the tree.
> I download a fresh ports tree, null mount it and make that my overlay tree.
> Then strip out all the ports I don't want to patch, then patch the port in the
> overlay.
> 
> Then
> 
> poudriere bulk -j builder -p /usr/ports -O overlay category/patched-port
> 
> is this correct? Or is the patch just put somewhere in the overlay tree?
> Or is there some documentation explaining exactly what to do?
> I have around five or so ports needing patches and the patches aren't in the
> official tree yet.

i just have /usr/ports configured as a null ports tree:

# poudriere ports -c -p default -m null -M /usr/ports

then i can do whatever i want with /usr/ports (update from git, apply
local patches, whatever) and Poudriere just uses whatever is there.

from what i understand, i don't think overlays is the right way to go
here.