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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
