portsnap and local patches

[Scot Hetzel]

On 3/14/07, Nate Eldredge <nge at cs.hmc.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> portsnap is a very nice way to keep your ports tree in sync, but it has
> the disadvantage that it keeps your ports tree in sync :)  If you make
> local changes (e.g. adding a patch) they get clobbered.  Does anyone know
> of a convenient way to keep ports up to date while preserving local
> patches?
>
One way to keep your local changes is to use cvs to checkout and
update the ports tree, you then make your modifications to the port.

You will need to fix any conflicts manually between an updated port
and your changes.

Scot
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