Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:08:14 +0200 From: Eric Devolder <eric.devolder@gmail.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to recompile a port in a clean maneer? Message-ID: <f0531c170510070008v2a1511acu@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43452568.4010303@mac.com> References: <f0531c170510050744n71b7379pbeded58b09e54d4b@mail.gmail.com> <434458C0.7070503@mac.com> <f0531c170510060107x7cd1a20dq@mail.gmail.com> <43452568.4010303@mac.com>
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I know this may seem weird to downgrade. Actually I'm working in the information security area. I want to setup an old (and vulnerable) wu-ftpd release, with specific compilation options. But I want it to be as close as possible to the freebsdb package. Thank you to everybody for supporting me on this! I could find valuable information there. and freebsd is really cool! 2005/10/6, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>: > Eric Devolder wrote: > > Thank you Chuck, now I better understand what's behind this. Maybe > > just a side question: Can I "refresh" the files contained in > > /usr/ports with the one of an older release? for example, I would like > > to use ports from 4.3 while I'm running a 4.11 for now. Of course, my > > /usr/ports reflects only ports for 4.11. How can I replace them with > > the 4.3 ones? > > If you have a /usr/ports tree corresponding to 4.3, I suppose you could s= imply > copy that to a 4.11 system. Or as someone else mentioned, you could use = CVS to > obtain the ports tree as of a particular date. *Why* you would want to d= o so > is unclear; there have been a lot of security bugs found in various commo= n > ports which have been fixed over the years. > > You could use sysutils/portdowngrade to go back to an older revision of a > specific port. > > -- > -Chuck > >
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