Ports test system setup

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My question was that poudriere testport tries to build port 
automatically. What to do if I want some manual steps with port sources 
between make extract and make patch steps ? I'm asking about 
interactivity with port testing.

On 12.06.2016 13:19, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> OK, I installed 11-a2 and poudriere. Now I'm running testport, however I
>> have a question - poudriere wiki describes situation where developer
>> patches port and runs it to test. This looks like final precaution
>> before commit to port tree.
>>
>> What if I don't know yet what to patch, but need to experiment a little?
>> I want 'make extract', then patch by hand, then try to compile. Is it
>> possible?
> I do this kind of testing in the 11 environment ('loaded with other ports')
> and only if it builds there, I copy the patched port to the poudriere tree
> and run the testbuilds there.
>