Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 18:27:20 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: doug@fledge.watson.org Cc: doug@safeport.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: checking out ports tree: was Downgrade a pkg Message-ID: <20141004182720.84dd9bf3.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410041211580.20140@fledge.watson.org> References: <542E6E3F.9040405@cloverinformatica.it> <542FFBA6.5020508@gmx.de> <20141004162916.184709f7.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1410041211580.20140@fledge.watson.org>
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On Sat, 4 Oct 2014 12:14:53 -0400 (EDT), doug@safeport.com wrote: > > On Sat, 4 Oct 2014, Polytropon wrote: > > > On the other hand, it should be possible to manually > > check out a specific version of the whole ports tree > > where the port version reflects the required older > > version number. This is mainly a SVN thing. Of course > > this involves building from source, as pkg, with its > > binary package approach, emphasizes the use of release > > or most recent packages. > > Will this get the old source? No, it will get the old _port_ which links to the old source archive. The question probably is: Will this source archive also be available? After obtaining the old port, a "make fetch" should reveal if the source is still available. Basically you can check out _any_ version of the ports tree, and probably you can restrict this method to a particular port only. The key is knowing which revision number (from the repository) corresponds to which port version. However, keep an eye on possible dependencies! https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/svn.html -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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