Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:05:33 -0400 From: epilogue <epilogue@allstream.net> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: Tom Butterworth <buttie@mac.com> Subject: Re: ImageMagick-5.5.7.16 Message-ID: <20040714170533.7d363faa@localhost> In-Reply-To: <40F56F3D.9020605@mac.com> References: <A2B9400A-D5B6-11D8-9F08-003065C49BA8@mac.com> <40F56F3D.9020605@mac.com>
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On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:37:01 -0400 Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: > Tom Butterworth wrote: > > I was having trouble with the package ImageMagick-5.5.7.16 permissions > > wise so i decided to remove and re install it. Unfortunately when using > > pkg_add command it gets latest version which requires a lot of other > > up-to date dependents. Where is it possible to get ImageMagick-5.5.7.16 > > or do i have to go through removing and updating all the dependent > > packages and use latest ImageMagick? in /usr/ports/distfiles, do you still have a copy of the version you want? if so, you feeding the /path/filename to pkg_add should, in theory, work. to my knowledge, vanilla pkg_add (ie. with no switches) shouldn't be pulling down a new version. normally, that only happens when you use the -r (remote) switch. you might also want to look at the /usr/ports/sysutils/portdowngrade. i haven't used it myself. i presume that it requires for all the older versions of the necessary files (ie. dependencies) to still be available, but it is certainly worth investigating. good luck, epi > If you don't want to upgrade all of the dependencies required by the > precompiled package, you'll have to install the software from sources by > hand. > > Using portupgrade to keep up-to-date is probably easier... > > -- > -Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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