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diff --git a/contrib/patch/FREEBSD-upgrade b/contrib/patch/FREEBSD-upgrade new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2ce7e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/patch/FREEBSD-upgrade @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +This directory contains the virgin patch source on the vendor branch. Do +not under any circumstances commit new versions onto the mainline, new +versions or official-patch versions must be imported. + +To prepare a new patch dist for import, extract it into a fresh directory +and remove the following files (and any others that are non-FreeBSD +specific): + +Makefile.in +config.hin +configure +configure.in +install-sh +mkinstalldirs +pc/* + +The only other change that was made to the original tarball was to +rename patch.man to patch.1. + +patch has RCS Id, Name and Header tags. It needs to be imported with -ko. + +It is imported from it's top level directory something like this: + cvs -n import -ko src/contrib/patch FSF patch_<version> + +The -n option is "don't do anything" so you can see what is about to happen +first. Remove it when it looks ok. + +The initial import was done with: + cvs import -ko src/contrib/patch FSF patch_2_4 + +When new versions are imported, cvs will give instructions on how to merge +the local and vendor changes when/if conflicts arise.. + +steve@freebsd.org - 29 June 1997 + +Current local changes: + - Make patch(1) compile -Wall clean. |
