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[Oliver Eikemeier]

Charles Swiger wrote:

> On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 05:19 PM, Oliver Eikemeier wrote:
> 
>> How about something like:
>>
>> --- bsd.port.subdir.mk.patch begins here ---
>> [ ...patch snipped... ]
>> It's a quick hack and needs review, but it is a start and build the  
>> INDEX:
>>
>> # awk '/^clean-[0-9._,]+\|/ { print }' INDEX
>> clean-3.2|/usr/ports/sysutils/clean|/usr/local|Automatically remove  
>> unwanted  files|/usr/ports/sysutils/clean/pkg- 
>> descr|chuck at pkix.net|sysutils|||http://sourceforge.net/projects/clean
> 
> 
> Thank you, Oliver, for looking into this and perhaps offering a  
> solution--  I appreciate your time and effort.  Patch didn't like the  
> diff:
> 
> patching file bsd.port.subdir.mk
> patch: **** malformed patch at line 4: .for __target in ${TARGETS}

You have to copy the patch from the source of the mail, (something
like command-option-E, or was it U?), otherwise MIME handling will
kill essential formating. There has to be a space in from of the .for