cvsup, downgrading ports

[Ceri Davies]

On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 04:08:32PM -0700, Michael Jeung wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I feel quite stupid asking this question:  But how does one use cvsup 
> to downgrade to an older version of a port?  I'm currently trying to 
> get courier 4.0.2 installed on my systems (so I can use the DRAC 
> support) and I've been having a very difficult time of it.
> 
> I've been messing with the tag= variable in the supfile, but it seems 
> that no matter what I do, I can't get a ports version of courier below 
> 4.0.4.

Try using date=2005.07.24.00.00.00 and see if that helps.

You may find that it's easier to maintain a local copy of the CVS tree
and either check out the revisions that you require directly or use
the portdowngrade tool to take care of this for you.

Ceri
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