Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:34:32 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Mark Ovens" <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: How to downgrade a port? Message-ID: <028f01bf6507$538ba3a0$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx> References: <20000122173703.B327@marder-1>
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Hi Mark, This is how I did it, first "cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base" and "make deinstall", then replace the "/usr/ports/emulators/linux_base" directory with the one which has the 5.2 version in it, then make & make install. Have Fun... Ales ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 11:37 AM Subject: How to downgrade a port? > I want to *downgrade* the linux_base port from the current 6.1 to 5.2 > as StarOffice doesn't run with 6.1. > > What is the correct way to do this? > > I used the CVS repository to get a diff between versions 1.36 and 1.34 > of the Makefile and applied it with ``patch -R''. This worked fine, so > I now have the correct Makefile, but how do I know which versions of > all the files in the files/ and pkg/ sub-directories I need to work > with this particular Makefile. The version numbers obviously aren't > the same as those of the Makefile. > > ISTR that one of the great things about the CVS system is that you can > use it to get *any* version of the source that you want, but I just > don't know how to do it. > > Thanks. > > -- > "there's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture > that allows you to install Windows too" > -Matthew D. Fuller > ________________________________________________________________ > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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