Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:00:03 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Mark Ovens" <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: How to downgrade a port? Message-ID: <016001bf6684$13595100$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx> References: <20000122173703.B327@marder-1> <028f01bf6507$538ba3a0$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx> <20000122184757.C327@marder-1>
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Hi Mark, I have it, if anyone else need it , send me an email and I will send it with pleasure. P.S. Im sending it to you in a diferent mail. Greetings Ales ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 12:47 PM Subject: Re: How to downgrade a port? > On Sat, Jan 22, 2000 at 12:34:32PM -0600, Alejandro Ramirez wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > > > This is how I did it, first "cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base" and "make > > deinstall", then replace the "/usr/ports/emulators/linux_base" directory > > with the one which has the 5.2 version in it, then make & make install. > > > > Yes, but where did you find the directory with the 5.2 version? > > > Have Fun... > > Ales > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> > > To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 11:37 AM > > Subject: How to downgrade a port? > > > > > > > I want to *downgrade* the linux_base port from the current 6.1 to 5.2 > > > as StarOffice doesn't run with 6.1. > > > > > > What is the correct way to do this? > > > > > > I used the CVS repository to get a diff between versions 1.36 and 1.34 > > > of the Makefile and applied it with ``patch -R''. This worked fine, so > > > I now have the correct Makefile, but how do I know which versions of > > > all the files in the files/ and pkg/ sub-directories I need to work > > > with this particular Makefile. The version numbers obviously aren't > > > the same as those of the Makefile. > > > > > > ISTR that one of the great things about the CVS system is that you can > > > use it to get *any* version of the source that you want, but I just > > > don't know how to do it. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > > "there's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture > > > that allows you to install Windows too" > > > -Matthew D. Fuller > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > > > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > > > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > -- > "there's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture > that allows you to install Windows too" > -Matthew D. Fuller > ________________________________________________________________ > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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