Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:49:57 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: Simon Jolle <urandomdev@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD way of installing old version from ports tree Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0806091445540.41872@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20080609102244.b36133b0.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <648d054e0806090709l68f8948cmd168985f9ac2a379@mail.gmail.com> <20080609102244.b36133b0.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to "Simon Jolle" <urandomdev@gmail.com>: >> >> Currently in /usr/ports/sysutils/syslog-ng there is version syslog-ng >> 1.6.12. I need version syslog-ng 1.6.5 (the same as in production >> environment) to test configuration changes. >> >> Is there an archive of the ports tree? Whats the FreeBSD way to >> install this old version integrated in the rest of the system? > > Looks through the CVS logs (you can use the web interface or Dan's > freshports: http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/syslog-ng/) > > Find the date of the version you want, then configure your supfile > to grab the ports tree from that date. Something like: > date=2004.08.28.10.00.00 > should get what you want. When cvsup is done running, you'll be > able to run make install from the syslog-ng directory to install > that version That's pretty much what /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portdowngrade does, with a little bit of user interface on it. > ... assuming that distfile is still readily available. If it's not, > you'll have to do some web searches until you find it manually. Some > projects are really good about keeping old distfiles around, other are > not. And there could be dependency and version issues. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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