downgrading to an earlier version of the same port
Jonathan Horne
freebsd at dfwlp.com
Thu Sep 20 18:27:13 PDT 2007
On Thursday 20 September 2007 19:37:10 Aryeh Friedman wrote:
> On my machine it appears that jdk-1.5.0.12,1 is broken and I want to
> downgrade to a previous cvsup of the same port (I don't know the exact
> tag but it is the one using patch set 4)... how do I go about doing
> this?
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i do this from time to time, byjust making an edit to my ports-supfile.
normally, there is a line like this in your ports-supfile:
*default release=cvs tag=.
i comment that line out, and put one right below it like this:
# *default release=cvs tag=.
*default release=cvs tag=. date=2007.06.01.01.01.01
as you can see, ive added a date 'keyword' (see man csup), and as you can
likely see, the format is year.month.day.hour.minute.second. put in the
date/time that you want to go back to, and then:
csup -g -L 2 -i ports/java/diablo-jdk15 ports-supfile
and just that one port should roll back to the date/time you specified in your
ports-supfile. remember, to comment out your new date-line, and un-comment
your original date-keyword-less line, so that the next time you csup you dont
run your whole ports tree backwards in time.
oh, and a good resource to find exactly what date you need to specify that you
want to go back to (remember to choose a time *before* the change you want to
avoid), is to check here:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/#dirlist
find your port's Makefile, check the date of the revision, and step back a
day, an hour, or whatever you need.
good luck,
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Jonathan Horne
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