Subject: Re: Applying a patch for a package
To: Brian Rose <lists@brianrose.net>
From: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
List: tech-embed
Date: 07/10/2004 23:30:06
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hi,

On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 03:01:15PM -0400, Brian Rose wrote:
> I am doing some embedded development, and I need to apply a patch to
> gdb in order to get it to function with some Background Debugging
> Monitor (BDM) equipment. The site on sourceforge has a .patch file
> that I can apply to gdb 5.3.
>=20
> How do I go about applying the patch to the pkgsrc version of gdb. Do
> I just drop it into the patches folder (tried didn't work) or is there
> some other procedure I need to do?

you can either:

a) add PATCHFILES to gdb's Makefile
b) add the patch to LOCALPATCHES tree

see pkgsrc/Packages.txt for details and pkgsrc for examples.


regards,

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