From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 6 20:00:17 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A5A4552; Wed, 6 Mar 2013 20:00:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-x233.google.com (mail-ie0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43F542C3; Wed, 6 Mar 2013 20:00:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f179.google.com with SMTP id k11so9923389iea.38 for ; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:00:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=5A1XutRHPTD+Jrzsyh9lBjbm16R85xol7GrP5bKn9zo=; b=DwdCSAPr8Bop3EW0UBfU+c8h2j2/wZRZzyrcUPbGGMonQAzzLRPOkzsvdn+V7iGbKG jsiNqaFTJLe3lMKwTx0v6BI+WHLUwwxw6IpL7XVEeUFa5Pp0lquuTMYMjTGb9+QnCM+I 1l+xqgNK8rQOgG1eSmEktAF/Q0Z7Q8X+B3SRkZoW/mOt2caDVnlgcvZ1ZxEz29BfNLaD EdD5jQ0NxN1JuwaBqV1DtT85vKEErFFd/SpEiZLKqWm9EggSPdNbY+m/xaxDupF0DXVY OIJB/ls0FAUXAv0K6QKDqrvyE28Yn63sG8jfKripmfAOcmXBQjbpNyIfd0SvPzbnPdy7 Sz5A== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.13.175 with SMTP id i15mr12261159igc.75.1362600016945; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:00:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.63.12 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Mar 2013 12:00:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.63.12 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Mar 2013 12:00:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20130306.191546.824.1@DOMY-PC> References: <20130104.195945.545.13@DOMY-PC> <20130306.191546.824.1@DOMY-PC> Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 20:00:16 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: portdowngrade(CVS) deprecated -> alternative for portsnap(8) usage From: Chris Rees To: rank1seeker@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: Chris Rees , ports@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:00:17 -0000 On 6 Mar 2013 19:15, wrote: > > > > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=203241 > > > > > > 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 Portdowngrade now simply checks out the port to your current directory; if you run it in ~, you simply cd $portname. I wouldn't recommend the old behaviour of downgrading in place like that; it significantly complicates many things, including svn conflicts and portsnap update maybe overwriting it, maybe not. I view it as a tool for testing older versions/reverting until a fix is issued. Chris