On 8/4/06, Alexander K. Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 8/4/06, David Fang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >         Is there a way to revert a package version to a version that's not
> > listed? For example, autoconf-2.59 is no longer available as it has been
> > replaced by autoconf-2.60, and dumpinfo only shows 2.60.  I can't find
> > 2.59 in the stable tree either.  (Unfortunately, the upgrade has caused
> > some serious grief and breakage for a project of mine.)  Hopefully, I'd
> > only need to do this temporarily until I diagnose the exact problem before
> > devising a workaround to allow use of the new version, so momentary
> > incoherence in my fink installation is acceptable.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
>
> You can download the older version via CVS, e.g. the ViewCVS interface:
>
> http://fink.cvs.sourceforge.net/fink/dists/10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/devel/autoconf.info?view=log
>
> --maybe rename the .info file to be autoconf-1.59-<revision>.info
>
> --
> Alexander K. Hansen
> Fink Documenter (still)
>

I should add that you'd want to download the (renamed) file to
/sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo, and then you can do

fink install autoconf-2.59-<revision>

(I don't remember what the last revision was, right off the top of my head)

-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documenter (still)

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