what are patches ?

[Chris]

Gert Cuykens wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 18:28:23 -0600, Chris <racerx at makeworld.com> wrote:
> 
>>Gert Cuykens wrote:
>>
>>>They are all located under files right ? But what are they and what do they do ?
>>
>>Patch what's not correct.
>>
> 
> 
> Then there are alot of things broken in the ports if you ask me :) I
> bet there are more patches then source files :)
> 
> Why does freebsd require so many patches ? cant the compiler figure it
> out what needs to be done ?
> 
> 

Not totally true. May be patches to add new things, maybe patches to 
make it work a certain way under certain hardware etc.

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Chris

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