From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 24 17:37:23 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BD64106566C; Tue, 24 May 2011 17:37:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFA388FC08; Tue, 24 May 2011 17:37:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from park.js.berklix.net (p5DCBE595.dip.t-dialin.net [93.203.229.149]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p4OHbE5p080184; Tue, 24 May 2011 17:37:14 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by park.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p4OHbBrw099452; Tue, 24 May 2011 19:37:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.com) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p4OHauUV011511; Tue, 24 May 2011 19:37:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <201105241737.p4OHauUV011511@fire.js.berklix.net> To: "C. P. Ghost" From: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: http://www.berklix.com BSD Unix Linux Consultancy, Munich Germany User-agent: EXMH on FreeBSD http://www.berklix.com/free/ X-URL: http://www.berklix.com In-reply-to: Your message "Tue, 24 May 2011 19:09:11 +0200." Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 19:36:56 +0200 Sender: jhs@berklix.com Cc: fredb@getnet.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: x11-wm/olvwm X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 17:37:23 -0000 "C. P. Ghost" wrote: > On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:53 PM, wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have updated ports and when reinstalling I found x11-wm/olvwm which I was > > using was gone from the ports tree.  Why? > > I noticed that too, and was bit by that change as well. > Since I love the olvwm look and feel, I'm sad to see > it go from the FreeBSD ports collection. > > % grep olvwm /usr/ports/MOVED > x11-wm/olvwm||2011-05-01|Has expired: Upstream disapear and distfile > is no more available > > I think we could resurrect this port, using the last available > distfile, which fortunately is still with us: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.tar.Z > > There are also two patches there: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.Patch01.Z > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/olvwm4.Patch02.Z > > Unfortunately, I don't know where the old port files have > gone. We *REALLY* should consider moving dead ports to > a separate subdirectory hierarchy (such as /usr/ports/.deadports > or some such), so people interested in resurrecting old ports > could have a look. Just letting then disappear silently is rude > und unnecessary, but that's just IMHO. They'll be in what what people call the Attic I suppose. man cvs tells how to extract to particular dates. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail plain text; Not quoted-printable, Not HTML, Not base 64. Reply below text sections not at top, to avoid breaking cumulative context.