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Date:      Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:50:57 +0100
From:      Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Removed ports - looking from the bench
Message-ID:  <CADLo838diMixxDbpUFXmcLirOLkwUx__zn_oMZ_G_BbEoDjn3Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10 September 2011 19:39, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, Chris Rees wrote:
>
>> On 10 September 2011 18:15, Chad Perrin <code@apotheon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 04:45:02PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I want to make installing dead ports harder for users.
>>>
>>> Why?
>>>
>>
>> Someone who wants to install a port that has been deprecated and
>> removed should really have enough skills to check a port out of the
>> Attic at least-- it's one command line. I don't see how much simpler
>> it could get:
>>
>> cvs -d __insert_anoncvs_host_here co -D "day_before_port_was_deleted"
>> ports/category/dead_port
>
> Finding the values for a (working) anoncvs_host and
> "day_before_port_was_deleted" are nontrivial. =A0portdowngrade still has =
the
> first, but makes the second easy. =A0I've never tried it for bringing bac=
k a
> removed port, though.

Another committer has also suggested looking on cvsweb and using
'Download as tarball'.

cvsweb can also be used to find the day the port was deleted.

Chris



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