From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 11:16:55 2011 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 7979A106564A for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:16:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mbak@inbox.lv) Received: from thor.iszerviz.hu (thor.iszerviz.hu [62.77.131.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38D658FC19 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:16:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.2.2.50] (m0n0.serverbank.hu [62.77.131.200]) by thor.iszerviz.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3A6374FEB3; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 12:16:54 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4D512621.1000109@inbox.lv> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:16:49 +0100 From: Mikael Bak User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20101027) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Macdonald References: <4D50217A.6030700@inbox.lv> <4D5033C1.1010604@ifdnrg.com> <4D511C0D.2000100@inbox.lv> <4D511F67.1000909@ifdnrg.com> In-Reply-To: <4D511F67.1000909@ifdnrg.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Follow a port of a specific major verion 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: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:16:55 -0000 Paul Macdonald wrote: > On 08/02/2011 10:33, Mikael Bak wrote: >> Hi Paul, >> >> Paul Macdonald wrote: >>> On 07/02/2011 16:44, Mikael Bak wrote: >>>> So my question is: How can I make the ports system act as if I had >>>> installed Postfix like this?: >>>> >>>> cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix27 >>>> make install clean >>>> >>>> Is there a way to tell the ports database to "follow" and older version >>>> of Postfix without rebuild the entire port again? >>>> >>> I'm pretty sure you can't do this, *unless* there's someone actually >>> tracking a seperate port on that version. ( i didn't check but it >>> doesn't sound like it from your post). >>> > Aplogies, i'd misread your question, and there is a seperate branch in > /usr/ports/mail/postfix27, > > I'm not sure how you'd fool the ports mgt tools in the way you want, > would it not be easier just to deinstall the port and do a make install > in postfix27? > (others may know a 'better' way) > Hi Paul, Yep, it seem like that's the way to go. I was just absolutely sure that there is some better/faster/easier way than just remove the port and reinstall it. This *should* be a quite common case. It's is not always possible to install the newest versions of a software. Thanks all for the suggestions! Mikael