Re: [Fink-beginners] How to Modify (hack) Packages

[Alexander K. H. <ha...@ld...>]

On Nov 29, 2004, at 10:52 AM, Rich Johnson wrote:

>
> On Monday, November 29, 2004, at 09:13 AM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 29, 2004, at 8:54 AM, Rich Johnson wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks--
>>>
>>> How do I modify and install a fink package so that subsequent 
>>> update-all doesn't overwrite the modifications?
>>>
>>> If you must know, I want to change:
>>> #ifndef MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_3
>>> to
>>> #if !defined( MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_3 ) ||  ( MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_3 > 
>>> MAC_OS_X_MAX_VERSION_ALLOWED )
>>>
>>> to enable compilation.
>>
>> 0)  Make sure your Trees: line in fink.conf ends with "local/main"
>> 1)  Don't make your modifications in the main fink trees but instead 
>> copy the files over to your local tree.  If local/main is at the end 
>> of the Trees: line, then packages there get precedence over those in 
>> the main trees.
>> 2)  This, of course, doesn't protect the packages if a newer revision 
>> comes out.  You can make the revision larger if you so desire.
>>
> That did the trick.  It  took me a while before I realized that my 
> change should go into the finkinfo/<section>/<package>.patch" file 
> rather than in the source tree.
>
> I'd vote for adding this to the FAQ.
>
> Thanks again,
> -rich

Can do (even though it doesn't come up too frequently).

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Alexander Hansen
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