Where to submit patches for Slackware?
 

Where can I submit a patch for Slackware? I looked at the Slackware.com website, but I did not find a matching e-mail. It's not a security patch/issue. Lets say, I have a patch for a file contained in etc-12.1-noarch-4.tgz, where should I submit it?

TIA

It's probably best to just contact Pat with the details. His email address can be found here.

You can also just post your problem and the patch you came up with here. That way, it can be commented on before you send it to Pat - he gets enough emails as it is.

Eric

Ok, thanks :-) Should I start a new thread about this patch? It's a really small one :-)

So here it is:

---cut-here---
--- services 2006-10-01 01:06:18.000000000 +0200
+++ services.patched 2008-05-26 10:28:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -1261,6 +1261,8 @@
nfa 1155/udp #Network File Access
phone 1167/udp #conference calling
skkserv 1178/tcp #SKK (kanji input)
+mysql-cluster 1186/tcp #MySQL Cluster Manager
+mysql-cluster 1186/udp #MySQL Cluster Manager
lupa 1212/tcp
lupa 1212/udp
nerv 1222/tcp #SNI R&D network
@@ -1884,6 +1886,8 @@
ivs-video 2232/udp #IVS Video default
ivsd 2241/tcp #IVS Daemon
ivsd 2241/udp #IVS Daemon
+mysql-im 2273/tcp #MySQL Instance Manager
+mysql-im 2273/udp #MySQL Instance Manager
pehelp 2307/tcp
pehelp 2307/udp
cvspserver 2401/tcp #CVS network server
@@ -1922,6 +1926,8 @@
vmodem 3141/udp
ccmail 3264/tcp #cc:mail/lotus
ccmail 3264/udp #cc:mail/lotus
+mysql 3306/tcp #MySQL Database
+mysql 3306/udp #MySQL Database
dec-notes 3333/tcp #DEC Notes
dec-notes 3333/udp #DEC Notes
rdp 3389/tcp #Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol
---cut-here---

MySQL is by default in Slackware. PostgreSQL is not.
But for PostgreSQL is an entry in /etc/services, and the MySQL entries are missing... Correct if I'm wrong :-)

If it was that small you could have added it to your previous post already :-)

Eric

So I did it :-)

Hi

It looks like something useful enough. You should email your patch with the rationale to Pat.

Eric