changeing source then emergeing?

[ee99ee2]

I made changes to the source in /var/tmp/portage/packagename.... then did 'emerge packagename'.. but it unpacked the orginal source on top of my edited soruce... how can I tell emerge not to unpack the source, just to use what's already there?

-ee99ee2

P.S. - I know the real way is to make a patch and go through all that, but this is a quick fix....
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[rac]

See "I want to perform the ./configure step myself. Can I?" in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml.
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[Matje]

I just make a tar of it again and put it in the distfiles
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