PORTFIX(1) BSD General Commands Manual PORTFIX(1)NAMEportfix — macro to execute three programs to create a ports patch
SYNOPSISportfix original
DESCRIPTIONportfix is a wrapper. It consecutively runs:
1. dupe original
2. <editor> original
3. genpatch original
If PORTEDITOR is defined in the environment then that program will be
used to edit [original] file. If PORTEDITOR is not defined but EDITOR is
defined, then the EDITOR program will be invoked. If neither variable is
defined in the environment, then vi(1) will be invoked for the edit step.
portfix should be launched when the current working directory is equal to
the port's WRKSRC, and [original] should be a relative path to file that
needs a patch. Assuming changes are saved after the editor appears, a
patch file will be automatically generated in the proper diff format with
the standard "make makepatch" naming convention. It only needs to be
moved to the port's "files" directory to be used.
If portfix is launched outside of the port's WRKSRC, then diff output
will still be generated, but it will be sent to stdout rather than to a
file. This will also occur when the port is located outside of the stan‐
dard tree.
ERRORS
The script will abort if the number of arguments does not equal one, or
if the one argument is not an existing regular file.
If the editor is closed without making changes, no patch will be created.
However, the duplicated file will exist. If the script is run again, it
will detect the duplicate and create a second duplicate with the .inter‐
mediate extension. See genpatch(1) for more information.
ENVIRONMENT
PORTEDITOR First priority editor to use for modifying file to be patched
EDITOR Second priority editor to use for modifying file to be
patched
SEE ALSOdupe(1), genpatch(1)HISTORY
This script was inspired by pkgsrc's pkgdiff suite although it works a
bit differently. It was written by John Marino ⟨marino@freebsd.org⟩ and
used for a couple of years on DragonFly's DPorts before being formally
imported into FreeBSD Ports Collection.
BSD 17 May 2015 BSD
