Index: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-porting/chapter.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/slow-porting/chapter.xml
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@@ -450,6 +450,50 @@
       <programlisting>USES=	dos2unix
 DOS2UNIX_WRKSRC=	${WRKDIR}</programlisting>
     </sect2>
+
+    <sect2 xml:id="slow-patch-extra">
+      <title>Patching Conditionally</title>
+
+      <para>Some ports need patches that are only applied for specific
+	&os; versions or when a particular option is enabled or
+	disabled.  Conditional patches are specified by placing the
+	full paths to the patch files in
+	<varname>EXTRA_PATCHES</varname>.</para>
+
+      <example xml:id="slow-patch-extra-ex1">
+	<title>Applying a Patch for a Specific &os; Version</title>
+
+	<programlisting>.include &lt;bsd.port.options.mk&gt;
+
+# Patch in the iconv const qualifier before this
+.if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD &amp;&amp; ${OSVERSION} &lt; 1100069
+EXTRA_PATCHES=	${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-fbsd10
+.endif
+
+.include &lt;bsd.port.mk&gt;</programlisting>
+
+      </example>
+
+      <example xml:id="slow-patch-extra-ex2">
+	<title>Optionaly Applying a Patch</title>
+
+	<para>When an <link linkend="makefile-options">option</link>
+	  requires a patch, use
+	  <varname><replaceable>opt</replaceable>_EXTRA_PATCHES</varname>
+	  and
+	  <varname><replaceable>opt</replaceable>_EXTRA_PATCHES_OFF</varname>
+	  to make the patch conditional on the
+	  <literal><replaceable>opt</replaceable></literal> option.
+	  See <xref linkend="options-variables"/> for more
+	  information.</para>
+
+	<programlisting>OPTIONS_DEFINE=	  FOO BAR
+FOO_EXTRA_PATCHES=  ${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-foo
+BAR_EXTRA_PATCHES_OFF=	${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-bar.c \
+		${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-bar.h</programlisting>
+      </example>
+
+    </sect2>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 xml:id="slow-configure">