Preferred way of applying OSVERSION-dependend patches

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On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:02:15 +0400
Ruslan Mahmatkhanov wrote:

> 
> Good day!
> 
> What is a preferred way of doing subj?
> 
> 1. Add an extra-patch-* to files/ subdirectory and apply it depending
>     of checks in Makefile (.if ${OSVERSION}).
> 2. Add an patch-* to files subdirectory that applies unconditionally
>     and that checking for __FreeBSD_version in app code itself.
> 
> The second one will guarantee that the patch still applies cleanly on 
> port versions update,

It also works correctly for package files.