Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 11:28:14 -0800 From: Jason Helfman <jgh@FreeBSD.org> To: rank1seeker@gmail.com Cc: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portdowngrade(CVS) deprecated -> alternative for portsnap(8) usage Message-ID: <CAMuy=%2BgrmAk0S=OKp7V=svm4ZU9zmT=RhNeyHP0xQxmf3F3jdg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130306.191546.824.1@DOMY-PC> References: <20130104.195945.545.13@DOMY-PC> <CADLo83-eZaBMhxsFYyxj9-=PvUyqkZpGWHhE1Pnb_G=R8hOtZA@mail.gmail.com> <20130306.191546.824.1@DOMY-PC>
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On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 11:15 AM, <rank1seeker@gmail.com> wrote: > > > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=3D203241 > > > > > > Will it be transformed to checkout via SVN, only origins we need, or > will > > > it be dumped from ports tree as obsolete. > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > Hey, > > > > I rewrote it in sh, quite simply because I thought that c++ was insane > > for such simple code. > > > > I'm afraid it doesn't quite have the same behaviour, but it's still > > very easy to use. > > > > Please let me know if there's something you desperately miss about the > > old version. > > > > Chris > > > > > Thanks for your effort! > > # portdowngrade audio/oss > Listed all revisions > # portdowngrade audio/oss r300895 > I've picked one from the past > > However: > # portsnap fetch update > Is blind to this change and fails to update it back, to it's latest > version > > portdowngrade should also alter/update portsnap's DB > > > Domagoj Smol=C4=8Di=C4=87 Portdowngrade always warned that portsnap would always overwrite any altering of the origin, which I believe is still the best path. If anything a warning should be displayed, if not already. -jgh -- Jason Helfman | FreeBSD Committer jgh@FreeBSD.org | http://people.freebsd.org/~jgh | The Power to Serve
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