testing a patch

[Langer, Stephen A. (Fed)]

From: Ryan Carsten Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>
Date: Monday, December 16, 2024 at 3:52 PM
To: Langer, Stephen A. (Fed) <stephen.langer at nist.gov>
Cc: macports-dev at lists.macports.org <macports-dev at lists.macports.org>
Subject: Re: testing a patch
On Dec 16, 2024, at 13:28, Langer, Stephen A. (Fed) wrote:
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> I copied the Portfile to a directory in a local repository, put the patch in the files subdirectory, and added a “patchfiles” line to the Portfile.   But when I try to build the port, port tries and fails, naturally, to download the patch from the server.   How do I tell it not to download the patch file?

The only reason MacPorts would try to download the patch file is if it cannot find it in the files directory so verify that the patch file name is the same as what you put in the patchfiles variable, including the filename extension. You may want to turn on showing filename extensions in the Finder to help with this.

I was confused about how much of the path needed to be in the Portfile.  I had “files/bugfix.diff” instead of just “bugfix.diff”.

Thanks!

-- Steve
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