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On 09/09/2014 08:52, Andreas Nilsson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've been going through my package building setup recently, and noticed
> that apache default version has changed.
> 
> Since I need apache-2.2 for one module I added apache=2.2 to
> DEFAULT_VERSIONS in make.conf, but to no avail. I still get apache-2.4 and
> ap24-modules.
> 
> The only way to get apache-2.2 is to set APACHE_PORT=www/apache22 in
> make.conf.
> 
> This seems like a bug, or at least totally pointless to have apache-stuff
> in bsd.default-versions.mk if its ignored.
> 
> Best regards
> Andreas Nilsson

Do you have r367706 or later?  I think this was fixed last night.