Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:27:10 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: downgrading to an earlier version of the same port Message-ID: <200709202027.10272.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920709201737s58ba842au92c93db2e83e0ca5@mail.gmail.com> References: <bef9a7920709201737s58ba842au92c93db2e83e0ca5@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thursday 20 September 2007 19:37:10 Aryeh Friedman wrote: > On my machine it appears that jdk-1.5.0.12,1 is broken and I want to > downgrade to a previous cvsup of the same port (I don't know the exact > tag but it is the one using patch set 4)... how do I go about doing > this? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" i do this from time to time, byjust making an edit to my ports-supfile. normally, there is a line like this in your ports-supfile: *default release=cvs tag=. i comment that line out, and put one right below it like this: # *default release=cvs tag=. *default release=cvs tag=. date=2007.06.01.01.01.01 as you can see, ive added a date 'keyword' (see man csup), and as you can likely see, the format is year.month.day.hour.minute.second. put in the date/time that you want to go back to, and then: csup -g -L 2 -i ports/java/diablo-jdk15 ports-supfile and just that one port should roll back to the date/time you specified in your ports-supfile. remember, to comment out your new date-line, and un-comment your original date-keyword-less line, so that the next time you csup you dont run your whole ports tree backwards in time. oh, and a good resource to find exactly what date you need to specify that you want to go back to (remember to choose a time *before* the change you want to avoid), is to check here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/#dirlist find your port's Makefile, check the date of the revision, and step back a day, an hour, or whatever you need. good luck, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com
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