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Date:      Fri, 24 Oct 2003 03:14:03 -0700 (MST)
From:      Keith J Davey <kjdavey@gus33.homeip.net>
To:        "Brunoc@quipo.it" <brunoc@quipo.it>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: can I install a port with a different (previous) version ?
Message-ID:  <20031024031208.I33883@gus33.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <000901c39a06$17115900$cf055e3e@computer>
References:  <000901c39a06$17115900$cf055e3e@computer>

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typicaly what I will do is just fall back to the pacage available on the
lattest CD set if it is available.  I think portupgrade may have the
ability to restore back the backed up version of the port.  Thus
effectivly allowing you to roll off of a bad build.  Might want to check
it out.

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Brunoc@quipo.it wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I periodically update the port collection.However,sometimes may
> happen that I need to install a different (previous) version of
> a port,for example when the current version fails to build.
> (This happened recently with the latest version of wine,a windows
> emulator).
> How can achieve this ?
>
> Thank you
> Bruno
>
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