Where to edit source

Eric Tiffany etiffany at alum.mit.edu
Wed Mar 28 18:02:35 PDT 2007


Nevermind.  The answer is "use the -f flag" to force it.

ET


On 3/28/07 7:48 PM, "Eric Tiffany" <etiffany at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Ok, I need to edit the source for a port (tetex) to increase one of its
> arcane parameters.  I'm struggling with how I extract the source, edit the
> file, and get port to build the new version.
> 
> I suppose I could add a patch, but since this is just a local change for me,
> it seems like overkill.
> 
> I have done 'port extract tetex' but it doesn't seem to do anything.  Am I
> barking up the wrong tree?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ET
> 
> 
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