going back in time with the ports tree

[Jonathan Horne]

On Sunday 14 January 2007 17:43, RW wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:48:33 -0600
>
> Jonathan Horne <freebsd at dfwlp.com> wrote:
> > im trying to figure out how to go back in time on my ports tree.  im
> > sure ive seen instructions on how to do this before, but for the life
> > of me, i cant find the doc now.  i would like to get a copy of ports
> > from right before php-5.2.0 was committed.
> >
> > can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> You can set a date in the ports' cvsup file like this
>
> *default release=cvs tag=. date=<date>
>
> See cvsup(1) for the date format
>

ah perfect, that was it!  thanks a bunch!

jonathan