Re: different patch for different platforms?

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:12:29PM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 03:37:07 +0200
> Adam Hoka <adam.hoka%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > Im just wondering:
> > What do you want to patch and why do you need this?
> > Maybe you can use sed magic instead?
> > 
> The package I'm working on invokes an external program.  The proper
> choice is different on Linux than on *BSD.  I'm trying to decide how
> best to handle that.

Use the SUBST framework for that. Optionally patch the file first to get
something like @PROGRAM@ in and use SUBST to change that.

Joerg