From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 20:49:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D286C106567D for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:49:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 933388FC1C for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:49:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m59KnwfJ041913; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:49:58 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m59KnvvA041910; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:49:57 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:49:57 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Bill Moran In-Reply-To: <20080609102244.b36133b0.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Message-ID: References: <648d054e0806090709l68f8948cmd168985f9ac2a379@mail.gmail.com> <20080609102244.b36133b0.wmoran@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (BSF 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:49:58 -0600 (MDT) Cc: Simon Jolle , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD way of installing old version from ports tree X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:49:59 -0000 On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to "Simon Jolle" : >> >> Currently in /usr/ports/sysutils/syslog-ng there is version syslog-ng >> 1.6.12. I need version syslog-ng 1.6.5 (the same as in production >> environment) to test configuration changes. >> >> Is there an archive of the ports tree? Whats the FreeBSD way to >> install this old version integrated in the rest of the system? > > Looks through the CVS logs (you can use the web interface or Dan's > freshports: http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/syslog-ng/) > > Find the date of the version you want, then configure your supfile > to grab the ports tree from that date. Something like: > date=2004.08.28.10.00.00 > should get what you want. When cvsup is done running, you'll be > able to run make install from the syslog-ng directory to install > that version That's pretty much what /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portdowngrade does, with a little bit of user interface on it. > ... assuming that distfile is still readily available. If it's not, > you'll have to do some web searches until you find it manually. Some > projects are really good about keeping old distfiles around, other are > not. And there could be dependency and version issues. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA