Generating port changes easily

[Muhammad Moinur Rahman]

Hi,

In previous we used porttools. You can try it out ports-mgmt/porttools.
port diff will give you the required stuff provided it is configured
properly.

BR,
Muhammad

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 10:35 PM, Patrick Powell <papowell at astart.com>
wrote:

> I have made some modifications to a port - couple of lines in the
> Makefile,  and an updated pkg-plist.
>
> Once upon a time I was shown a script (run_this_script?) to help with
> updating a port.
>
> 1.  Copy the original files in the port to XXX.orig  (or something)
>       For example cp Makefile Makefile.orig
> 2.  Make your changes
>       For example: vi Makefile  ....
> 3.  Now run this script which will generate a DIFF file which can be
> posted:
>       run_this_script ... >/tmp/changes.shar  ?
>       run_this_script ... >/tmp/diffs                 ?
> 4.  Post the generated file to bugzilla with an update request.
>
> Ummm... is there such a 'run_this_script' or am I indulging in wishful
> thinking?
>
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