Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:31:23 -0600 From: Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86-4.2.0 Message-ID: <20020129103123.1cb507f9.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> In-Reply-To: <20020129132418.GC1009@raggedclown.net> References: <20020129131503.GA214@rhadamanth> <20020129132418.GC1009@raggedclown.net>
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:24:18 +0100
Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 01:15:03PM +0000, Ceri wrote:
> >
> > I'm aware that this was backed out because of the release, but I
> > believe that the ports snapshot was taken on Jan 22nd, and the
> > packages are presumably all built by now, so can we have this
> > recommitted please so that I can get my graphics card working ?
> >
> > Or failing that, is there an easy way for me to grab a copy of
> > this port ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ceri
> >
> Mmm, I would also be happy to see it available somehow, since
> I rebuilt the whole thing.
>
> I have not been around long enough to know if this backing out
> of ports happens often. If so what are you supposed to do about it
> if you happen to have hit the window when it was available ?
>
You can use cvs to pull the old version of the port from the
repository.
First install cvs, then
example for bourne shell:
$ CVSROOT=":pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs@FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs"
$ export CVSROOT
$ cd
$ touch .cvspass
$ mkdir mycvs
$ cd mycvs
$ cvs login
( provide the password [anoncvs] )
$ cvs co -D "2002-01-22 02:30 UTC" ports/x11/XFree86-4
$ cvs logout
you should now have in your home directory a sub dir structure
like mycvs/ports/x11/XFree86-4 that contains the X4.2 port.
backup your /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 dir and then replace it
with your cvsupped copy.
You should be good to go, *caveat* The *best* way to remove an
application installed via ports is to go to the apps port dir
and use "make deinstall", if you have updated or backdated
that port and the version has changed this will not work.
Thanks to naddy@FreeBSD for helping me learn how to do this :-)
Regards,
Stephen Hilton
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