Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 16:32:05 -0500 (EST) From: "Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng." <lkchen@ksu.edu> To: FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: portdowngrade(CVS) deprecated -> alternative for portsnap(8) usage Message-ID: <2058626689.23335691.1362605525788.JavaMail.root@k-state.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAMuy=%2BgrmAk0S=OKp7V=svm4ZU9zmT=RhNeyHP0xQxmf3F3jdg@mail.gmail.com>
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Doesn't the old advice of adding, something like REFUSE audio/oss to /etc/portsnap.conf still work? ----- Original Message ----- > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 11:15 AM, <rank1seeker@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > > > > 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 >=20 >=20 > 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. >=20 > -jgh >=20 --=20 Who: Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng. - W0LKC - Senior Unix Systems Administrator For: Enterprise Server Technologies (EST) -- & SafeZone Ally Snail: Computing and Telecommunications Services (CTS) Kansas State University, 109 East Stadium, Manhattan, KS 66506-3102 Phone: (785) 532-4916 - Fax: (785) 532-3515 - Email: lkchen@ksu.edu Web: http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~lkchen - Where: 11 Hale Library
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