Hi Paul, Paul Macdonald wrote: > On 07/02/2011 16:44, Mikael Bak wrote: >> So my question is: How can I make the ports system act as if I had >> installed Postfix like this?: >> >> cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix27 >> make install clean >> >> Is there a way to tell the ports database to "follow" and older version >> of Postfix without rebuild the entire port again? >> > > I'm pretty sure you can't do this, *unless* there's someone actually > tracking a seperate port on that version. ( i didn't check but it > doesn't sound like it from your post). > > To stop ports tree updates from clobbering your v27, you'd need to > exclude this from your cvssup or whatever you use to update your tree. > > portdowngrade will get you back to an arbitrary older version if your > tree already has the newer version. >
I realize I perhaps should have told you how I keep my ports tree up-to-date. I have this in my /etc/crontab # Update Portsnap INDEX 0 3 * * * root portsnap -I cron update && pkg_version -vIl '<' This sends me an email if a port has been updated. If I want to upgrade my ports I do: # portsnap fetch update # portmaster -aD && portmaster --clean-distfiles-all This is why I *need* to tell my ports database to use/track an earlier version of Postfix (in this case /usr/ports/mail/postfix27). After reading the description of portdowngrade I don't think that's the tool I want. Correct me if I'm wrong. > Paul. > TIA, Mikael _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"