Subject: Re: optional patches?
To: None <ghen@telenet.be>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/07/2005 11:54:47
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Geert Hendrickx wrote:

> Is it possible to have options which enable extra patches for a package?
> By default, all patches from the patches/ dir are applied, but I'm working
> on a package were some patches should be optional.

Any examples?

Often we try to make it so the patches include the conditionals 
themselves -- so they can be sent upstream to the official developers to 
use for their official releases.

  Jeremy C. Reed

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