From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 10 07:36:20 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7713C51A for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 07:36:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthew@freebsd.org) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF485691 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 07:36:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rufus.webfusion.com (mail.heartinternet.co.uk [79.170.40.31]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r4A7aB49018879 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 08:36:12 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@freebsd.org) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.8.2 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk r4A7aB49018879 Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk/r4A7aB49018879; dkim=none reason="no signature"; dkim-adsp=none (unprotected policy) X-Authentication-Warning: lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host mail.heartinternet.co.uk [79.170.40.31] claimed to be rufus.webfusion.com Message-ID: <518CA36B.7040604@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 08:36:11 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130503 Thunderbird/17.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Downgrading a port References: <72E7E6C6-68FE-4356-940E-46AB8BBB88DE@todoo.biz> <20130510083221.8e767b31.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20130510083221.8e767b31.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.8 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 07:36:20 -0000 On 10/05/2013 07:32, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 9 May 2013 18:03:22 +0200, bsd@todoo.biz wrote: >> > I wanted to know if there is a way to simply downgrade a package >> > I have installed with pkgng ? > There is no such thing as a "simple downgrade". :-) All too true. > The primary goal of the new pkg system is to provide as > "bleeding edge" possible in binary precompiled form, with > the ability of binary upgrades. Switching to older versions > has not been a direct concern, I think. The primary goal of pkgng is to provide a state of the art binary package management system allowing users to maintain a coherent and consistent set of packages over time. Yes, the focus has primarily been on how to upgrade to the latest available packages, because that's the vast majority of what routine package maintenance entails. However, it's not the whole story. We've got the ability to 'hold' specific packages coming in release 1.1, on-going work on the package solver to be able to find an arbitrary set of packages out of what is available that fulfils specific requirements (eg. that libreoffice version x.y.z is installed, together with the most up to date possible version of firefox consistent with that) and with all the package dependencies met, plus I'm thinking about a feature for having an 'undo' capability. Much of that can involve installing or leaving in place older versions of packages. Cheers, Matthew