From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 10 19:23:57 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ABE3435 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 19:23:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail1.sourcehosting.net (mail1.sourcehosting.net [74.205.51.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77880272 for ; Fri, 10 May 2013 19:23:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 66-189-39-69.dhcp.oxfr.ma.charter.com ([66.189.39.69] helo=Gregory-Larkins-iMac.local) by mail1.sourcehosting.net with esmtp (Exim 4.73 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Uasuy-000O2H-7s; Fri, 10 May 2013 15:23:50 -0400 Received: from Gregory-Larkins-iMac.local (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by Gregory-Larkins-iMac.local (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 686F11E5BDB0; Fri, 10 May 2013 15:23:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <518D4941.8060606@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 15:23:45 -0400 From: Greg Larkin Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130328 Thunderbird/17.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Polytropon References: <72E7E6C6-68FE-4356-940E-46AB8BBB88DE@todoo.biz> <20130510083221.8e767b31.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20130510083221.8e767b31.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 66.189.39.69 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: glarkin@FreeBSD.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on mail1.sourcehosting.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL,RDNS_DYNAMIC,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=no version=3.3.1 Subject: Re: Downgrading a port Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mail1.sourcehosting.net) Cc: Liste FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: glarkin@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 19:23:57 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 5/10/13 2:32 AM, 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". :-) Oh dear, Boromir has something to say about it: http://qkme.me/3uc9zg > > 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. > > >> I know that there is portdowngrade, but I will have to reinstall >> all ports architecture to be able to install this. > > Correct. The portdowngrade program relies on the ports infra- > structure and requires you to build things yourself. I think this > will be the easiest way to go. > > > > - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. http://twitter.com/cpucycle/ - Follow you, follow me -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlGNSUEACgkQ0sRouByUApCW5ACfeh+tmcy1CPAE36bVuGK20qT3 eSMAoJIrBseYylTRc3C4llUZJVvcrTXJ =Yn3q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----