From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 24 03:16:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBCDF16A4B3; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 03:16:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gus33.homeip.net (cpe-66-1-62-10.az.sprintbbd.net [66.1.62.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44E1543FE0; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 03:16:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kjdavey@gus33.homeip.net) Received: from gus33.homeip.net (localhost.homeip.net [127.0.0.1]) by gus33.homeip.net (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h9OAE9kZ033894; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 03:14:10 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from kjdavey@gus33.homeip.net) Received: from localhost (kjdavey@localhost)h9OAE39Z033891; Fri, 24 Oct 2003 03:14:09 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 03:14:03 -0700 (MST) From: Keith J Davey To: "Brunoc@quipo.it" In-Reply-To: <000901c39a06$17115900$cf055e3e@computer> Message-ID: <20031024031208.I33883@gus33.homeip.net> References: <000901c39a06$17115900$cf055e3e@computer> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can I install a port with a different (previous) version ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:16:38 -0000 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 > > --- > [Quipo ISP - Questa E-mail e' stata controllata dal programma Declude Virus] > [Quipo ISP - This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >