Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:16:49 +0100 From: Mikael Bak <mbak@inbox.lv> To: Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Follow a port of a specific major verion Message-ID: <4D512621.1000109@inbox.lv> In-Reply-To: <4D511F67.1000909@ifdnrg.com> References: <4D50217A.6030700@inbox.lv> <4D5033C1.1010604@ifdnrg.com> <4D511C0D.2000100@inbox.lv> <4D511F67.1000909@ifdnrg.com>
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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
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