Re: How to patch?

[Ben Taylor <highlander7 cox net>]

Daniel Serodio wrote:

> Thanks for the tip. However, I think I'm adding this line to the wrong
> makefile (blame me for not including enough info).
>
> I want to patch metacity. Which Makefile should I add this line to?
> gnome/metacity/Makefile or gnome/Makefile? Is there a specific place to
> add this line, or can it be the last line?

add the line to gnome/metacity/Makefile

As it's a makefile, it doesn't really matter where you add it.  However, 
from the
several Makefiles that do have patches, the PATCHFILE entry is very close
to the DISTFILE entry.

Ben

> Thanks you very much,
> Daniel Serodio
>
> On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 15:51, Ben Taylor wrote:
>  
>
> > Daniel Serodio wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Hi! How can I make Garnome apply a patch after uncompressing a specific
> > > tarball and before building it?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > In the gnome (or whichever prefix the package is residing under) 
> > Makefile, add the line
> > PATCHFILE = files/<patch-file>
> >
> > Ben
> >