reinstalling from portmaster backup package

[Rainer Hurling]

Am 03.09.2014 um 15:41 schrieb Robert Huff:
> 	Through a series of steps I won't get into. I deinstalled port X.1 in
> anticiparion of installing X,2.  However, X.2 (built fine but) failed to
> install.  (I'm working on that.)
> 	Fortunately, I have a portmaster backup of X.1 which I need to
> reinstall in the meantime.  Unfortunately, I find the portmaster
> documentation ... obscure ... on how to do this.  (OK, so I'm used to
> ports not packages.)
> 	Can someone tell me the command to reinstall (and reregister) X.1?

Hmm. If you mean the files, portmaster backuped in
/usr/ports/packages/portmaster-backup/, for me a simple 'pkg add X.1' is
sufficient for install and registration of that port. Or do I
misunderstand something?

HTH,
Rainer Hurling

> 
> 	Respectfully,
> 
> 
> 		Robert Huff