From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 3 18:57:29 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA12721 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 18:57:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt087nac.san.rr.com (dt087nac.san.rr.com [24.94.19.172]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA12716 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 18:57:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@gorean.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by dt087nac.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA15179; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 18:57:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@gorean.org) Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 18:57:09 -0800 (PST) From: Studded X-Sender: doug@dt087nac.san.rr.com To: Greg Black cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Outdated ports In-Reply-To: <19990103203911.9782.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Greg Black wrote: > What is the recommended approach to use when a port specified > in /usr/ports is for an older release of the software and you > really want to use the current version? I generally change the relevant info in the makefile, do a 'make patch' to make sure that the thing patches cleanly, then go from there. If it doesn't, fix things by hand as needed or don't use the latest version. Good luck, Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** Like desperadoes waiting for a train . . . To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message