Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:37:01 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to deal with missing +CONTENTS (or how to use cvsweb) Message-ID: <1062182221.47188.45.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20030829183047.GA11519@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <20030829180953.GB57412@iib.unsam.edu.ar> <1062180988.47188.35.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20030829183047.GA11519@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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--=-cympR+wdk+G9iF42f9f/ Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 14:30, Fernan Aguero wrote: > +----[ Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> (29.Aug.2003 15:21): > | >=20 > Hi Joe! >=20 > [snipped] >=20 > | > Also, if you happen to know of a better way of deinstalling > | > files for which no +CONTENTS is available, and from a port > | > that is currently at a newer version, please let me know. > |=20 > | What you can do is remove the various /var/db/pkg directories, then > | reinstall the same version, then do a pkg_delete (if you really wanted > | to get rid of those ports). If you just want to restore the +CONTENTS > | files, remove the /var/db/pkg directories, then reinstall the ports. > |=20 > | Joe > | > +----] >=20 > Of course. But then my question goes again, how do I install > the same version? I mean how do I go back in time and > instead of imake-4.3.0, install 4.2.0_1? > Am I right in thinking that cvsweb is my friend for this? Yeah, cvsweb will work, but that's a PITA. > Then, how do I choose from the different revisions of > distinfo/Makefile/files/scripts/pkg_plist those that > correspond to 4.2.0_1?=20 > I can choose a particular date and then get the latest > revision for that date. But do I have to do this for each > file? Perhaps there is some tag or thingy that I'm missing, and > that I can use for this ... >=20 > Perhaps not cvsweb, but cvs or cvsup? CVS is the answer: cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.freebsd.org:/home/ncvs login CVS password: anoncvs cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.freebsd.org:/home/ncvs co -D "5 months 3 weeks ago" imake-4 Joe >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Fernan --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-cympR+wdk+G9iF42f9f/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/T51Nb2iPiv4Uz4cRAtCmAJ9FydBF/4b8QVtreI46n2CtUh0GsgCfYN6F udVf9CAtV1i2ODPDXOXEuqo= =zGWg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-cympR+wdk+G9iF42f9f/--
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