From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 23 14:59:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pemaquid.safeport.com (pemaquid.safeport.com [204.156.12.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B980437BA1A for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:58:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by pemaquid.safeport.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA02654; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 17:58:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) From: doug@safeport.com X-Authentication-Warning: pemaquid.safeport.com: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 17:58:28 -0400 (EDT) To: Chris Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape Navigator that doesn't require 2.2 compatability? In-Reply-To: <20000623173604.A5471@kingsqueak.org> 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 Thanks Chris - as I got linux emulation on for StarOffice, I can give that a try. My installing an older port question was a bit more complicated. What I was trying to ask: suppose I wanted to install 4.72 to see if that version was any better. My 4.0 systems only seem to have a port entry for 4.73. So am I not finding the 4.72 entry? Or, can this be done (easily)? On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Chris wrote: > I'm running 4.73-linux on 4.0-STABLE > > Auth's in Apache work just peachy, and just to be different ;-) I have > to say that seriously, this is probably the most stable NS has been for > me in a few years. Also, 4.73-linux runs better on FreeBSD than it does > on my linux box. > > As for 'uninstalling' a port.. > 1) 'pkg_info | more' this will list all the packages you > have installed > > 2) 'pkg_delete ' will remove the package > > 3) To reinstall just cd /usr/ports/ and do 'make > install' > > Always keep in mind that if you are having trouble with a port, be sure > you have recently cvsup'd the ports collection. Then do a > make distclean and make install again in the pkg dir you want. > _____ Douglas Denault doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-469-8766 Fax: 301-469-0601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message