> And even if you run a source-based distro like Gentoo, editing those sources by hand can still be quite intimidating. Not so much hassle. Way 1: 1. put you

> And even if you run a source-based distro like Gentoo, editing those sources by hand can still be quite intimidating. Not so much hassle. Way 1: 1. put your patch to /etc/portage/patches/sys-apps/coreutils/my-ls.patch 2. emerge coreutils Way 2: 1. ebuild /usr/portage/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.28-r1.ebuild prepare 2. edit sources in /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/coreutils 3. ebuild /usr/portage/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.28-r1.ebuild merge Really nice to work this way if you debug compiled software a lot.