On Mar 19, 2024, at 10:21, Andreas Falkenhahn wrote: > >> When you upgrade, MacPorts will only deactivate the old versions of >> ports (unless specifically told to immediately uninstall them). So you >> should be able to activate the older versions to get back to the state >> you were in previously. > > Hmm, how to do that please? As written above, /opt/local/bin is > a complete mess as half of the components are from 2017 and the > other half is from 2024. How should I restore the old versions > here please?
As Josh explained, run: port -v installed It may be easier to limit the output to just those ports that have multiple versions installed (of which one is active and one or more are inactive): port -v installed actinact For each port it will show when you installed it. You may wish to direct the output to a text editor for easier analysis. For example on my system I have: sqlite3 @3.45.1_1 requested_variants='' platform='darwin 21' archs='x86_64' date='2024-02-05T00:01:48-0600' sqlite3 @3.45.2_0 (active) requested_variants='' platform='darwin 21' archs='x86_64' date='2024-03-12T10:59:05-0500' If I wanted to downgrade from sqlite3 @3.45.2_0 which I installed in March back to sqlite3 @3.45.1_1 which I installed in February, I would run: sudo port activate sqlite3 @3.45.1_1 If you reactivate all of the 2017 versions of your ports, you should be back to where you were before trying to upgrade.
