[csw-maintainers] Disabling git patching framework in gar

Sebastian Kayser skayser at opencsw.org
Fri Nov 26 10:41:04 CET 2010


Ben Walton wrote on 26.11.2010 02:27:
> I just added a toggle to the git patching framework for GAR.  If you
> set the variable NOGITPATCH to a non-null value, you can turn off the
> git stuff that brackets the extract and patch steps.
> 
> Let me know if you have any trouble with it.  I'm about to go document
> it...

The patch went into the -noexternals branch (thanks for testing Ben!)
and isn't yet available on the regular GAR branch.

Dago, would you mind checking the diff of the -noexternals branch. It
should be fully compatible for regular (non-mgar-wrapper) usage and thus
a candidate for merging.

Sebastian


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