back-stepping the ports collection with cvsup

[Greg Larkin]

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Neil Short wrote:
> I've seen this somewhere before; but I can't find it. How to backstep the ports collection to a previous release.
> 
> Since the current xorg port is banged up for my equipment I want to backstep it to release 7.1.
> 
> 
> -or can I connect to a previous package collection?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Hi Neil,

You could try ports-mgmt/portdowngrade (http://bit.ly/3bqoPU), but it
may only work on one port at a time.

If you want to downgrade your whole ports tree, then you can use csup
with a supfile that specifies a date or the RELEASE_7_1_0 tag.  Have a
look at the man page section titled "CHECKOUT MODE" for the different
supfile options: http://bit.ly/3tww9G

Hope that helps,
Greg
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